The objective of this study was to determine the body composition and somatotype rhythmic gymnastics team, three-time champion national university tournament FENAUDE Chile. To achieve objective, anthropometric measurements were taken 9 athletes who participated in tournament, between 22.17 ± 1.91 years old. It evaluated using marking measurement protocol International Society for Advancement Ki...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between somatotype and intellectual ability (IA) in 11-12 and 15-16 year-old students (n = 1,015) in the Chile's Metropolitan Region from a representative sample of 33 educational establishments chosen at random. METHODS The Heath-Carter somatotype and the IA assessed through the Raven Progressive Matrices Test were measured. ...

This study presents initial findings of a new ongoing research project aimed to identify important predictors and mechanisms of exceptional human longevity. For this purpose the detailed data on long-lived people surviving to 100 years in the Unites States are collected, validated, and analyzed. The study found that being born to a young mother is an important predictor of person's longevity. T...

The aim of our study was to determine the differences in some anthropometric and physical performance variables of young Croatian female volleyball players (aged 13 to 15) in relation to playing position (i.e., independent variable) and performance level within each position (i.e., independent variable). Players were categorized according to playing position (i.e., role) as middle blockers (n=2...

This study analysed the physiological, nutritional and performance profiles of athletes practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu. To this end, 15 athletes that practiced Brazilian jiu-jitsu (aged: 28 ± 5 years; 8 brown belts and 7 black belts; training experience: 11 ± 4 years) underwent anthropometric measurements (body composition and somatotype), dietary evaluation (24 h recall) and physical fitness t...

The purpose of this study was determining the relationship between somatotype and selected physical fitness variables in 6-11 years-old girls. The subjects of this study consisted of 282 healthy girls with mean age of 08.44±01.40 years old, height of 129.88±10.48 cm and weight of 30.43±07.93 kg. Standard anthropometric methods were used to determine body mass, body height and all of skinfold an...

purpose although the contribution of physique and body composition in soccer performance was recognized, these parameters of physical fitness were not well-studied in adolescent players. aim of this study was to investigate physique and body composition across adolescence. methods male adolescents (n=297 aged 12.01–20.98 y), classified into nine one-year age-groups, child (control group, n=16 a...

Annotation. The level of subjective control may vary in different regions depending on social and economic living conditions, moral attitudes education the population. Circumstances such as age, gender constitutional variability locus cannot be ruled out (although there is very little research this issue). purpose study to conduct a comparative typological delineation emotional-dynamic pattern ...

For evaluating the effect of body physique, somatotype, and physical constitution on individual variability in the core interthreshold zone (CIZ), data from 22 healthy young Japanese male subjects were examined. The experiment was carried out in a climatic chamber in which air temperature was maintained at 20-24 degrees C. The subjects' body physique and the maximum work load were measured. Som...