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The aim of our study is to determine the relationship between arm muscle mass values measured with body composition analyzer and upper extremity isokinetic muscle strength in National Team Wrestling Athletes.  A total of 53 male national team athletes with ages of 26,62 ± 3,46 years (32 freestyle wrestling and 21 Greco-Roman wrestling) participated in the study. Body composition measurements of the athletes were performed with a Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer and as a result of this measurement, the arm muscle mass obtained from the body muscle distribution were recorded. Isokinetic muscle strength was assessed by isokinetic dynamometer. The relationship between isokinetic muscle strength and arm muscle mass values of the athletes was evaluated by Pearson correlation analysis. There was a significant positive correlation between internal and external rotation peak torque values at 60º / sec and 240º / sec angular velocity and arm muscle mass values at both sides in both in both wrestling styles (p <0.05). At the same time, when the groups were examined separately, there was a significant positive correlation between arm muscle mass and shoulder IR / ER peak torque values (p <0.05). Our study showed that there is a significant relationship between arm muscle mass and upper extremity muscle strength. The result of our study suggests that bioelectrical impedance analysis, which measures multifrequency may provide information about muscle strength distributions of persons in cases where it is not possible to evaluate with isokinetic devices.

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