An Exploratory Test of Sheldon's Theory of Personality in Neonates
, 1990 For 18 neonates significant correlations of ectomorphy with rated irritability (−.48) and sensitivity (.58) were consistent with Sheldon's proposal that genes that determine physique also affect personality.
David Lester, Karen Wosnack
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Somatotype and body composition profiles of children and adolescent male basketball players
HomoSomatotype and body composition (BC) are related to athletes’ physical fitness and performance. The aims of this study were (a) to determine the somatotype and BC profiles of children and adolescent male basketball players and (b) to investigate the ...
Çağdaş Özgür Cengizel +2 more
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Prediction of somatotype from bioimpedance analysis in elite youth soccer players [PDF]
, 2020 The accurate body composition assessment comprises several variables, causing it to be a time consuming evaluation as well as requiring different and sometimes costly measurement instruments.
Francesco Campa +12 more
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Somatotype characteristics of normal-weight and obese women among different metabolic subtypes
, 2016 Background Obesity is a well known risk factor for the development of metabolic abnormalities. However, some obese people are healthy and on the other hand some people with normal weight have adverse metabolic profile, therefore it can be assumed that ...
Tatjana Pavlica (6128975) +8 more
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Determination of somatotype and physical activity level in frailty older adults
Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica, 2022 Aim: To determine the somatotype profile and level of physical activity in older adults. Methods: Seventy-two older adults were divided into two groups: frail (F = 33) and non-frail (NF = 39).
Suélen Gomes dos Santos Marques +6 more
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Somatotype and body image: their sensitivity, specificity and validity to determine obesity
Acta Universitaria, 2019 The sensitivity and specificity of the somatotype and a body image questionnaire used to predict obesity were measured. This is a cross-sectional study with 294 college student’s participants from northern Mexico (143 women, between 18 and 35 years old).
Arnulfo Ramos-Jiménez +4 more
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Determination of Some Physical Fitness and Body Composition Characteristics of Young Bocce Players in Turkish National Team [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2018 Bocce is gaining popularity throughout the world and is a game that is dominated by aerobic and anaerobic power-capacity, endurance, and strength and body composition. These are all important factors in order to reach a successful performance in Bocce.
Mutlu Türkmen, Ali Özkan, Murat Kul
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Somatotype profiles of female candidates as models for the BSS.
, 2015 In somatocharts, mesomorphy is represented by the vertical axis pointing upward; endomorphy by the horizontal axis pointing to the left; and ectomorphy by the horizontal axis pointing to the right.
Emmanuel Cohen (822019) +6 more
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Relationship of incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries and body-built Index somatotype in Indian population [PDF]
, 2023 Background: Incidence of ACL injuries and physical parameters like age, sex, height, weight and BMI has been studied intensely as a risk factor. Each of them poses as a different risk factor for occurrence of ACL injuries. But body-built index-somatotype
Doshi, Suraj S. +9 more
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The Growth of Body Size and Somatotype of Javanese Children Age 4 to 20 Years
Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2011 Growth of body size (body height and body weight) and somatotype in 363 girls and 299 boys aged 4 to 20 years of ethnic Javanese lived in Magelang Regency Indonesia were studied cross-sectionally. Over half of them were categorized in the well-off family,
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