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Physical and physiological profile of Iranian world-class karate athletes

open access: yesBiomedical Human Kinetics, 2017
Study aim: The purpose of the present research was to determine the physical and physiological features of international level karate athletes. Material and methods: Eleven male karate athletes who were ranked at the top of their weight categories ...
Arazi Hamid, Izadi Mani
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Body composition and ballet injuries: a preliminary study

open access: yes, 2008
To date, the effects of body composition on injury occurrence and healing times in dancers have received limited scientific attention. The aim of the current study was to determine possible associations between somatotype, percent body fat, and self ...
Angioi, Manuela   +4 more
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Analysis of anthropometric and physical techniques in women´s volleyball

open access: yesE-balonmano.com: Revista de Ciencias del Deporte, 2016
Volleyball has been considered a highly complex sport because of their technical, tactical, physical, psychological and anthropometric factors requirements. Over the years there has been an increase in the homogeneity of the characteristics of volleyball
Natalia Valladares Iglesias   +2 more
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Somatotype of children and adolescent the city of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 1999
This study analyses somatotype components with relation to chronological age and gender, in members of the child and adolescent population of the city of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Joana Elisabete Ribeiro Pinto Guedes   +1 more
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Development and Reliability of a Novel iPad-based Application to Rapidly Assess Body Image

open access: yes, 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.
Macfarlane, DJ   +3 more
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Wood Anatomy of Dubautia (Asteraceae: Madiinae) in Relation to Adaptive Radiation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Qualitative and quantitative features are reported for stem wood of 13 collections of 12 species of the Hawaiian genus Dubautia. Although the species share a basic wood plan, quantitative expressions range widely, especially with respect to vessel ...
Carlquist, Sherwin
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Physique and Social Image

open access: yes, 1969
45 middle-age men ranked 12 somatotype photographs from the physique most suited to the physique least suited to each of 7 personality/behavior concepts. The results indicated significant agreement in ranking the physiques.
David A. Sleet
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Somatotype of Male and Female Venezuelan Swimmers

open access: yes, 2017
A study has been done about the somatotypes of 34 Venezuelan male and female swimmers belonging to the Francisco de Miranda Swimming Team. Somatotypes ratings were calculated for all perfomers based on the Heath-Carter Anthropometric Method.
Méndez de Pérez, B.
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Self-esteem and body image in relation to somatotypes

open access: yes, 2016
This thesis focuses on the relationship between body image and somatotypes in the young Czech student population. Previous studies have shown a relationship between body image and BMI, notwithstanding, somatotypes describe body morphology in a more ...
Kernerová, Anna
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Anthropometric Characteristics and Somatotype of Young Slovenian Tennis Players

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Tennis is a demanding sport that requires physical abilities and optimal body composition. The aim of this study was to investigate the anthropometric characteristics, body composition, and somatotype development of young Slovenian tennis players (754 ...
Ales Germic   +2 more
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