Kroppssammansättning hos e-sportare

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Kroppssammansättning hos e-sportare

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Background
Esports players, like traditional athletes, practice for long hours and thus are vulnerable to negative health effects of prolonged sitting. There is a lack of research on the physical activity and the health ramifications of prolonged sitting in competitive players. The purpose of this article is to investigate activity levels, body mass index (BMI), and body composition in collegiate esports players as compared to age-matched controls.

Methods
Twenty-four male collegiate esports players and non-esports players between 18 and 25 years of age signed a written consent to participate. Physical activity was examined using daily activity (step count) with a wrist-worn activity tracker. A questionnaire assessing physical activity was also administered. Secondary outcomes included body fat percentage, lean body mass, BMI, and bone mineral content measured using dual x-ray absorptiometry.

Results
The step count in the esports players was significantly lower than the age-matched controls (p = 0.004; 6040.2 ± 3028.6 vs. 12843.8 ± 5661.1). Esports players exhibited greater body fat percentage (p = 0.05), less lean body mass (p = 0.003), and less bone mineral content (p = 0.03), despite no difference in BMI between the esports and non-esports players.

Conclusion
As compared to non-esports players, collegiate esports players were significantly less active and had a higher body fat percentage, with lower lean body mass and bone mineral content. BMI showed no difference between the 2 groups. Esports athletes displayed significantly less activity and poor body composition, which are all correlated with potential health issues and risk of injury. BMI did not capture this difference and should not be considered an accurate measure of health in competitive esports players.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620...

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Vad ska vi diskutera? Att folk som spelar esport bör röra sig mer fysiskt? Håller med och folk som spelar i dom bästa lagen brukar göra det.

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Abstract
Background
Esports players, like traditional athletes, practice for long hours and thus are vulnerable to negative health effects of prolonged sitting. There is a lack of research on the physical activity and the health ramifications of prolonged sitting in competitive players. The purpose of this article is to investigate activity levels, body mass index (BMI), and body composition in collegiate esports players as compared to age-matched controls.

Methods
Twenty-four male collegiate esports players and non-esports players between 18 and 25 years of age signed a written consent to participate. Physical activity was examined using daily activity (step count) with a wrist-worn activity tracker. A questionnaire assessing physical activity was also administered. Secondary outcomes included body fat percentage, lean body mass, BMI, and bone mineral content measured using dual x-ray absorptiometry.

Results
The step count in the esports players was significantly lower than the age-matched controls (p = 0.004; 6040.2 ± 3028.6 vs. 12843.8 ± 5661.1). Esports players exhibited greater body fat percentage (p = 0.05), less lean body mass (p = 0.003), and less bone mineral content (p = 0.03), despite no difference in BMI between the esports and non-esports players.

Conclusion
As compared to non-esports players, collegiate esports players were significantly less active and had a higher body fat percentage, with lower lean body mass and bone mineral content. BMI showed no difference between the 2 groups. Esports athletes displayed significantly less activity and poor body composition, which are all correlated with potential health issues and risk of injury. BMI did not capture this difference and should not be considered an accurate measure of health in competitive esports players.

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2095254620300934-fx1.jpg

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620...

Det jag finner lite underligt i sammanhanget är att det på något sätt läggs fram som att det skulle vara avgörande *varför* man sitter alldeles för mycket?

Måste ju finnas massor av studier redan som inte handlar specifikt om "esport"?

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There is a lack of research on the physical activity and the health ramifications of prolonged sitting in office workers.

Ändra om början av texten.

Ändrade visst lite snabbt utan att läsa ihop allt i huvudet.

Men det finns nog gott om research på t.ex folk som sitter på kontor framför sin dator i 8 timmar om dagen.

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Skrivet av Gainsgoblin:

Vad ska vi diskutera? Att folk som spelar esport bör röra sig mer fysiskt? Håller med och folk som spelar i dom bästa lagen brukar göra det.

Exakt det kan man diskutera.

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Det jag finner lite underligt i sammanhanget är att det på något sätt läggs fram som att det skulle vara avgörande *varför* man sitter alldeles för mycket?

Måste ju finnas massor av studier redan som inte handlar specifikt om "esport"?

Jo, det finns massor av sådana studier.

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Skrivet av Zippeer:

Ändra om början av texten

Nej, det finns gott om studier om det.

Detta är ju bara en ny studie och tyckte det var intressant att de ens gjort den.

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@maweric: Så egentligen vill du diskutera att fysisk träning är bra och något alla bör göra? Ja vatten är också vått och himlen är blå.

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Methods
Twenty-four male collegiate esports players and non-esports players between 18 and 25 years of age signed a written consent to participate.

Okej?
Minimalt urval och dessutom ingen beskrivning om vart och hur dessa valdes ut. Är alla från en del av världen? Samma land? Varför bara 24 stycken?

Magkänslan säger att det är en alldeles för liten grupp för att kunna dra några slutsatser om populationen i stort. Så då är ju studien lite väl svår att göra något med.

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@maweric: Så egentligen vill du diskutera att fysisk träning är bra och något alla bör göra? Ja vatten är också vått och himlen är blå.

Njae, vatten är faktiskt inte vått.

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Skrivet av DavidtheDoom:

Okej?
Minimalt urval och dessutom ingen beskrivning om vart och hur dessa valdes ut. Är alla från en del av världen? Samma land?

Jo, det står i länken som går till fullängdaren:

2.1. Participants and study design
This age-matched subject design study was approved by the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Institutional Review Board in Old Westbury, NY, USA, and conducted on the NYIT campus in Old Westbury, NY, USA. Subjects were a convenience sample of 24 male volunteers who signed a written consent to be in this study and who were from the same geographic area and commuter university. All subjects were born male and identified as such. A total of 13 competitive collegiate esports players (age = 20.2 ± 1.7 years) and 11 age-matched controls (age = 19.2 ± 1.3 years) who were not esports players or self-reported gamers participated (Table 1). The choice to use the same university campus to recruit controls was made in order to minimize bias between subjects who might live in a dormitory or who might commute by motorized transportation. All subjects used public transportation or personal vehicles to commute to campus. Inclusion criteria for subjects included: (1) being a woman or man 18–30 years of age, (2) being a competitive member of the campus esports team, if not acting as a control, and (3) having a smart phone. Exclusion criteria for subjects included: (1) having any contraindication for having a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan performed based on the American College of Radiology's practice guidelines23 and (2) being a control subject who was a self-proclaimed competitive video gamer. Esports players were members of the American Collegiate East Coast Esports League, which competes competitively in Tespa, the East Coast Conference, and the Overwatch Open Division​. The team is ranked as “high platinum/low diamond” in the Overwatch and Platinum 1/Diamond 4 for Multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA). All data on the esports players were collected during peak season. Although some universities offer physical training services or nutritional counseling to their esports teams, these services were not provided at the time of data collection for our participants. To avoid seasonal weather influence on physical activity, data on the control subjects and on the esports subjects were collected at the same time.

Table 1. Subject data (n = 24, mean ± SD).

Variable Esport (n = 13) Control (n = 11) p
Age (year) 20.2 ± 1.7 19.2 ±1.3 0.09
Height (in) 68.1 ± 2.5 68.7 ± 2.7 0.63
Weight (kg) 71.1 ± 7.7 77.4 ± 10.8 0.14
Sleep (min) 388 ± 98 441 ± 103 0.07
Playing esports daily (h) 4.6 ± 2.6 N/A N/A
Playing esports without break daily (h) 4.0 ± 3.2 N/A N/A
Computer recreational/school use daily (h) 4.3 ± 1.9 1.7 ± 1.0 0.001*
Exercise (day/week) 1.7 ± 1.9 4.8 ± 1.2 0.001*
Exercise (min/session) 39.5 ± 40.4 56.7 ± 26.8 0.29
Note:


Significance.

Abbreviations: N/A= not applicable

Table 2. Outcome measures (n = 24, mean ± SD).

Variables Esport (n = 13) Controls (n = 11) p
BMI 23.7 ± 3.3 24.9 ± 2.1 0.35
Body fat (%) 24.0 ± 6.7 19.1 ± 6.0 0.05*
Visceral fat (kg) 0.34 ± 0.24 0.20 ± 0.13 0.07
Total lean mass (kg) 50.8 ± 4.0 59.8 ± 8.5 0.003*
ALM /Height2 (kg/m2) 13.7 ± 1.4 16.8 ± 2.5 0.002*
ALM/Weight (%) 30.0 ± 0.0 38.0 ± 0.0 0.002*
BMC (kg) 2.9 ± 0.3 3.2 ± 0.4 0.03*
Step count (2 weeks) 6040.2 ± 3028.6 12843.8 ± 5661.1 0.004*
Note:


Significance

Abbreviations: ALM = appendicular lean mass; BMC = bone mineral content; BMI = body mass index.

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[...]Subjects were a convenience sample of 24 male volunteers [...] who were from the same geographic area and commuter university.
[...] A total of 13 competitive collegiate esports players (age = 20.2 ± 1.7 years) and 11 age-matched controls (age = 19.2 ± 1.3 years) [...]

Liten datagrupp.
Samma område (socio-ekonomiska förhållanden?)
Åldersskillnad med 5%, visserligen har man skelettmässigt växt färdigt runt 17-18 men muskel- och fettmassan ökar efterföljande år.

Oavsett blir ju testet rätt intetsägande när det bara handlar om 12 personer i ett litet område i världen.
Jag är bara källkritisk.

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Är alla från en del av världen? Samma land? Varför bara 24 stycken?

This age-matched subject design study was [...] conducted on the NYIT campus in Old Westbury, NY, USA. Subjects were a convenience sample of 24 male volunteers who signed a written consent to be in this study and who were from the same geographic area and commuter university. [...] The choice to use the same university campus to recruit controls was made in order to minimize bias between subjects who might live in a dormitory or who might commute by motorized transportation. All subjects used public transportation or personal vehicles to commute to campus. [...] Esports players were members of the American Collegiate East Coast Esports League, which competes competitively in Tespa, the East Coast Conference,and the Overwatch Open Division.

edit: redan postat ser jag.

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Skrivet av DavidtheDoom:

Liten datagrupp.
Samma område (socio-ekonomiska förhållanden?)
Åldersskillnad med 5%, visserligen har man skelettmässigt växt färdigt runt 17-18 men muskel- och fettmassan ökar efterföljande år.

Oavsett blir ju testet rätt intetsägande när det bara handlar om 12 personer i ett litet område i världen.
Jag är bara källkritisk.

Jo, men det är ju ganska naturligt att om man "sportar" framför datorn i sin ungdom istället för att sporta på mer fysiskt sätt så får det följder.

Men visst, det var små grupper.

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Jag tror att en annan aspekt av fysisk träning är att det finns forskning som visar på att man blir mer stresstålig generellt av fysisk motion och det är något som jag tror skulle gynna många inom e-sporten (1). Titta bara på cs:go-scenen där ett flertal proffs har tagit uppehåll pga utbrändhet, kan tänka mig att det är något som kommer bli ännu mer vanligt i framtiden i takt med att e-sport blir större och större, för att inte tala om hur fysisk träning kan motverka diverse slitageskador i händer och handleder pga intensivt spelande under en lång period.

1: https://esportsinsider.com/2019/04/the-esports-doctor-david-a...

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Abstract
Background
Esports players, like traditional athletes, practice for long hours and thus are vulnerable to negative health effects of prolonged sitting. There is a lack of research on the physical activity and the health ramifications of prolonged sitting in competitive players. The purpose of this article is to investigate activity levels, body mass index (BMI), and body composition in collegiate esports players as compared to age-matched controls.

Methods
Twenty-four male collegiate esports players and non-esports players between 18 and 25 years of age signed a written consent to participate. Physical activity was examined using daily activity (step count) with a wrist-worn activity tracker. A questionnaire assessing physical activity was also administered. Secondary outcomes included body fat percentage, lean body mass, BMI, and bone mineral content measured using dual x-ray absorptiometry.

Results
The step count in the esports players was significantly lower than the age-matched controls (p = 0.004; 6040.2 ± 3028.6 vs. 12843.8 ± 5661.1). Esports players exhibited greater body fat percentage (p = 0.05), less lean body mass (p = 0.003), and less bone mineral content (p = 0.03), despite no difference in BMI between the esports and non-esports players.

Conclusion
As compared to non-esports players, collegiate esports players were significantly less active and had a higher body fat percentage, with lower lean body mass and bone mineral content. BMI showed no difference between the 2 groups. Esports athletes displayed significantly less activity and poor body composition, which are all correlated with potential health issues and risk of injury. BMI did not capture this difference and should not be considered an accurate measure of health in competitive esports players.

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2095254620300934-fx1.jpg

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620...

24 stycken som urval? Säger absolut inget. Speciellt inte om det 12 e-sportare och 12 "vanliga" sportare. Man kan i princip slänga hela "undersökningen".

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E-sport är ett dumt jävla uttryck. Kalla det E-tävling eller vad som helst men ordet sport hör inte hemma där lika lite som i schack.

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Skrivet av Bill-Hertzhog:

E-sport är ett dumt jävla uttryck. Kalla det E-tävling eller vad som helst men ordet sport hör inte hemma där lika lite som i schack.

Ja, esport ska det vara, inget annat. Inga bindestreck eller andra dumheter.

EDIT: Kan rekommendera boken:
https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/this-is-esports-and-how-to-sp...

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Skulle vara intressant med en jämnförelse mellan Gamers Vs TV tittare istället.

Esports players Vs Traditional athletes jämnförelsen känns ju jäkligt ointressant liksom, hoppas det inte är någon "forskare" som har fått statliga medel i 10 år för att göra den där undersökningen lol.

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De flesta seriösa e-sport organisationer har både personliga tränar och kockar som lagar näringsrik mat varje dag.

De har även sportpsykologer och annat.

För övrigt väldigt dålig artikel.

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Skrivet av Nivity:

De flesta seriösa e-sport organisationer har både personliga tränar och kockar som lagar näringsrik mat varje dag.

De har även sportpsykologer och annat.

För övrigt väldigt dålig artikel.

Hahaha, ja herrejävlar...

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