Application of Artificial Neural Network to Somatotype Determination
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021 Somatotype characteristics are important for the selection of sporting activities, as well as and the prevalence of several chronic diseases. Nowadays the most common method of somatotyping is the Heath–Carter method, which calculates the somatotype base
Małgorzata Ewa Drywień +2 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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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 and body composition of healthy adult men and women and their contribution to civilization diseases risk [PDF]
Journal of Physiological AnthropologyBackground Somatotypes describe changes in body structure and allow estimations of biological differences and similarities between subjects. They can also highlight the relationship between body composition and risk factors for worsening health ...
Lipowicz Anna +6 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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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 +2 more
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Medicina (Lithuania), 2015 Background and objective: Somatotyping is helpful in sports in which the body shape could influence the resulting performance. The purpose of this study was to determine the somatotype of high profile Lithuanian athletes in kayaking, basketball and ...
Boris Gutnik +5 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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