Beyond somatotype categories: composition-based clustering of body types in young adults [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyBackground and aimsSomatotype analysis classifies individuals into 13 categories based on unique combinations of the three principal components: endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy.
Francesco Campa +9 more
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Somatotype, metabolic features, and psychological distress in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a case–control study [PDF]
BMC Women's HealthBackground PCOS is a heterogeneous endocrine–metabolic disorder often associated with psychological distress. Changes in somatotype exist in women with PCOS; however, detailed somatotype patterns and associations between somatotypes and various ...
Vijayakumar K +2 more
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Somatotype Analysis of International Football Players with Cerebral Palsy: A Comparison with Non-Disabled Football Players [PDF]
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023 Football for people with cerebral palsy is a para-sport involving ambulant athletes with impairments, such as hypertonia, ataxia, or athetosis. The objective of the present study was to describe the somatotype of a representative sample of international ...
Carmen Doménech +3 more
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Cardiorespiratory fitness of healthy Polish men and women with various somatotypes [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersBackground Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), assessed by maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max), is one of the strongest indicators of cardiovascular health and overall risk of death.
Anna Lipowicz +6 more
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Morphological Characteristics of Elite International Soccer Referees: Somatotype and Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023 This study aimed to assess the physical characteristics of elite international soccer referees, compare them with other referee populations in the literature, and establish reference tolerance ellipses for the bioelectrical impedance vector analysis ...
Pascal Izzicupo +4 more
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From Strikers to Keepers: Somatotype of Football Players from Slovakia [PDF]
SportsBackground/Objectives: This study aims to analyze and compare the somatotypes of professional football players from Slovakia with a non-athletic population. Methods: Comparative analysis of professional soccer players by their positions, goalkeepers (n =
Branislav Kolena +2 more
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ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENTS’ (11-14 YEARS OLD) SOMATOTYPE IN PLOVDIV, BULGARIA [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2020 Introduction: The somatotype is a method for complex evaluation of human body structure and shape on basis 10 anthropomorphic indexes. Objective: The present analysis is part of the research of adolescents’ physical development at the age of 11 – 14 in
Gergana Petrova
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The Impact of Technical Error of Measurement on Somatotype Categorization
Applied Sciences, 2022 Inquiry into somatotype often seeks to assign participants into somatotype groups. The aim of this study was to demonstrate how the intra-tester reliability of anthropometric measures can influence how somatotype is categorized.
Helen Ryan-Stewart +2 more
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Somatotype of the Tarung Derajat martial arts athletes in the fighter category
Journal Sport Area, 2023 Somatotype is a parameter used to determine criteria based on body type. However, not many have taken somatotype measurements when selecting prospective athletes.
Y. Touvan Juni Samodra +6 more
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International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 2021 Somatotype is the parameter used to determine the body composition, which is influenced by several factors and nutrition is the crucial one. This study aimed to determine somatotype and nutritional status as well as investigate the somatotype variations ...
Kaustav Das +4 more
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