Somatotype affects lean body mass estimation with bioelectrical impedance analysis in young athletes
Annals of Human BiologyBackground The accuracy of body composition assessments with bioelectrical impedance (BIA) based devices may be affected, besides the well-known factors (e.g.
Katinka Utczás +4 more
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Development and Reliability of a Novel iPad-based Application to Rapidly Assess Body Image
, 2016 PURPOSE: To improve upon our current assessment of a person’s body image/shape by embracing more modern digital technologies rather than relying on traditional hand-drawn line-based (figural) images or silhouettes.
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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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Somatotype as a predictor of psychological characteristics of female university students
, 2001 The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationship between somatotype and psychological characteristics including physical self-perception, self-concept and anxiety. Ninety-eight volunteer female university students (M-age =21.60 +/- 1.93)
ASCI, FH, Kosar, SN, KIN, A
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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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Influence of Dominant Body Somatotype and Sex Difference on Q-angle and Selected Skeletal Measures Among Undergraduates in a South-Eastern Nigerian University [PDF]
, 2015 The body somatotype is expressed in a three-number rating representing the endomorphy, mesomorphy and ectomorphy components respectively. Endomorphy is the relative fatness; mesomorphy is the relative musculoskeletal robustness; and ectomorphy is the ...
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Male students physique in accordance with Heath- Carter method [PDF]
, 2019 Students from Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, on their first year of Physical Education course have in the studies program, summer training camp.
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Application of Artificial Neural Network on Body Somatotype Analysis among Indian Population
, 2015 Ergonomics For Rural DevelopmentThis study aims to verify the accuracy of the body somatotype analysis of the anthropometric measurements by using multi-layer perceptron Artificial Neural Network (MLP-ANN) model.
Sharma, L K, Majumder, J
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Growth of 6- to 10-years-old children from Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Motricidade, 2007 In the Estudo Morfofuncional da Criança Vianense 1911 elementary school children were measured throughout a four year period, resulting in 4064 individual observations of 6 to 10 year-old children (2054 girls, 2006 boys).
Luis Paulo Rodrigues +2 more
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CORRELATES OF ARTISTRY PERFORMANCE SCORES IN PREADOLESCENT RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS
Science of Gymnastics Journal, 2017 This study examined the association between physical abilities, anthropometric characteristics and artistry performance scores in Greek, national level, competitive rhythmic gymnasts.
Maria Kritikou +4 more
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