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FRANCESCO CAMPA

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Ricercatore a tempo det. art. 24 c. 3 lett. B L. 240/2010

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VIA F. MARZOLO, 3 - PADOVA

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Francesco Campa is currently an assistant professor (RTDb) at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include the study of body composition and physical performance in different populations including élite athletes, children, and older adults. Throughout the years, his completed research projects focused mainly on the in depth study of different methods used to assess body composition and their application in the sports field.

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LAST 10 PUBLISHED ARTICLES


1. Petri C, Campa F, Holway F, Pengue L, Arrones LS. ISAK-Based Anthropometric Standards for Elite Male and Female Soccer Players. Sports (Basel). 2024 Feb 23;12(3):69. doi: 10.3390/sports12030069.
2. Francisco R, Jesus F, Nunes CL, Santos P, Alvim M, Campa F, Schoeller DA, Lukaski H, Mendonca GV, Sardinha LFCB, Silva AMLA. H2OAthletes study protocol: effects of hydration changes on neuromuscular function in athletes. Br J Nutr. 2024 Feb 1:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0007114524000308.
3. Campa F, Bongiovanni T, Rossi A, et al. Athletic bioimpedance-based equations underestimate fat free mass components in male elite soccer players: development and validation of new soccer-specific predictive models. J Transl Med. 2023;21(1):912. Published 2023 Dec 15. doi:10.1186/s12967-023-04795-z.
4. Campa F, Coratella G, Cerullo G, Stagi S, Paoli S, Marini S, Grigoletto A, Moroni A, Petri C, Andreoli A, Ceolin C, Degan R, Izzicupo P, Sergi G, Mascherini G, Micheletti Cremasco M, Marini E, Toselli S, Moro T, Paoli A. New bioelectrical impedance vector references and phase angle centile curves in 4,367 adults: The need for an urgent update after 30 years. Clin Nutr. 2023 Sep;42(9):1749-1758. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.07.025.
5. Silva AM, Campa F, Stagi S, Gobbo LA, Buffa R, Toselli S, Silva DAS, Gonçalves EM, Langer RD, Guerra-Júnior G, Machado DRL, Kondo E, Sagayama H, Omi N, Yamada Y, Yoshida T, Fukuda W, Gonzalez MC, Orlandi SP, Koury JC, Moro T, Paoli A, Kruger S, Schutte AE, Andreolli A, Earthman CP, Fuchs-Tarlovsky V, Irurtia A, Castizo-Olier J, Mascherini G, Petri C, Busert LK, Cortina-Borja M, Bailey J, Tausanovitch Z, Lelijveld N, Ghazzawi HA, Amawi AT, Tinsley G, Kangas ST, Salpéteur C, Vázquez-Vázquez A, Fewtrell M, Ceolin C, Sergi G, Ward LC, Heitmann BL, da Costa RF, Vicente-Rodriguez G, Cremasco MM, Moroni A, Shepherd J, Moon J, Knaan T, Müller MJ, Braun W, García-Almeida JM, Palmeira AL, Santos I, Larsen SC, Zhang X, Speakman JR, Plank LD, Swinburn BA, Ssensamba JT, Shiose K, Cyrino ES, Bosy-Westphal A, Heymsfield SB, Lukaski H, Sardinha LB, Wells JC, Marini E. The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) international database: aims, scope, and call for data. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2023 Aug 2. doi: 10.1038/s41430-023-01310-x.
6. Campa F. Hydration and Body Composition in Sports Practice: An Editorial. Nutrients. 2023;15(22):4814. Published 2023 Nov 17. doi:10.3390/nu15224814.
7. Francisco R, Jesus F, Nunes CL, Carvalho A, Alvim M, Campa F, Sardinha LB, Mendonca GV, Lukaski H, Silva AM. Prediction of body water compartments by raw bioelectrical impedance parameters in athletes: Comparison between series and parallel measurements. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2023 Oct;33(10):1998-2008. doi: 10.1111/sms.14443.
8. Trofè A, Piras A, Muesham D, Meoni A, Campa F, Toselli S, Raffi M. Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) on Muscular Activation during Cycling: A Single-Blind Controlled Pilot Study. Healthcare. 2023; 11(6), 922; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060922
9. Campa F, Matias CN, Moro T, Cerullo G, Casolo A, Teixeira FJ, Paoli A. Methods over Materials: The Need for Sport-Specific Equations to Accurately Predict Fat Mass Using Bioimpedance Analysis or Anthropometry. Nutrients. 2023;15(2):278. doi: 10.3390/nu15020278.
10. Matias CN, Campa F, Cavaca M, Paoli A, Teixeira FJ. Fat-free mass estimation in male elite futsal players: Development and validation of a new bioelectrical impedance-based predictive equation

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Francesco Campa is currently an assistant professor (RTDb) at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include the study of body composition and physical performance in different populations including élite athletes, children, and older adults. Throughout the years, his completed research projects focused mainly on the in depth study of different methods used to assess body composition and their application in the sports field.