INTRODUCTION A good tool to determine the biotype of growing and developing subjects that has been observed is the somatotype (ST). Objetive: This research study aims to describe the ST tendency in Chilean adolescents along the years. METHODS The bibliographic review was carried out using data from Medline, ISI Web of Knowledge, and SciELO. The key words used for the search were: somatotype, ...

Following variables were selected Somatotype : Endomorph, Mesomorph and Ectomorph. Psychological Variables: Achievement motivation, Sports Competition anxiety and Sports Aggression. Fitness test: modified Canadian test Achievement Motivation was measured by Sports Achievement Motivation Test (SAMT). Sports Competition Anxiety was measured by Sports Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT). The aggressio...

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. ...

Greco-Arab system of medicine is based on fundamentals postulated by Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.). Besides other concepts, the humoural and temperamental (mizaj) theories are the back-bone of this system and a very important base-line of Tibb is the concept of Mizaj-e-Insani (human temperament) which revolves around the diagnosis and treatment modalities as well as specific constitution of an ind...

OBJECTIVES This study has aimed at identifying prevalence of injury-occurrence in 24 pre-professional-ballet-dancers (females, 16-18 years of age), and identifying the associations between the body-built and prevalence of injuries. MATERIAL AND METHODS The sample of variables included: body mass, body height, and 3 somatotype characteristics (mesomorph, ectomorph and endomorph) and data on in...

Introduction: Based on the measurements of body, constitution and physique an individual can be classified as ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph body types (somaotypes). Similarly, knowledge anthropometry made applicable in assessment Deha Prakriti, described Ayurveda. Somatometry, a division includes direct surface human by scientific methods. Analysis comparison absolute parts do not give precis...