Somatotype characteristics are important for the selection of sporting activities, as well and prevalence several chronic diseases. Nowadays most common method somatotyping is Heath–Carter method, which calculates somatotype base on 10 anthropometric parameters. Another possibility evaluation gives commonly used bioelectrical impedance analysis), but accuracy proposed formulas questioned. There...

Objectives. To explore data on branching variants of the intrapelvic part superior gluteal artery in people mesomorphic somatotype. Materials and methods. We used 48 male dead bodies (deceased aged 25 to 82) 30 female 28 78) whose deaths were result accidental causes unrelated pelvic organs pathology. The following methods achieve goal study: vascular injection, dissection, statistical processi...

BACKGROUND: Secular changes assessment can help identifying the quality of health, wealth, and nutrition among populations provide suggestions for policymakers. AIM: To examine secular in weight, height, body mass index, somatotype Indonesian children between 1999 2019. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted 2019 on 2021 aged 7–15 years Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Anthropometric measureme...

The present paper studies the body build and proficiency in the game of 74 female volleyballers aged 13-15 years from eight teams, who participated in Estonian championships. Fourteen anthropometric measurements were taken from the players, and these data were systematized into a 5 SD height-weight classification (small, medium, large, pyknomorphous and leptomorphous). The players participated ...

One thousand school boys aged 8 to 16 were examined for their somatotype, physical growth, sexual maturation, and smoking habits. Fifty-two boys were found to be smokers, of whom 30 were regularly smoking between two and 20 bidis or cigarettes a day for a mean duration of 2.5 years. The mean height and weight of the smokers was significantly lower than that of the non-smokers at all ages, more ...