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Objectives: The main objective of this study was to describe the somatotype characteristics of school-going children with visual disabilities and to establish a somato profile chart for visually disabled children. Method: A total of 25 (twenty-five) male school-going children with visual disabilities participated in this study. The ages of the participants were between 12-18 years. Selected 10 (Ten) anthropometrical dimension were examined to calculate somatotype characteristics of visually disabled persons: stretch stature, body mass, four skinfolds (triceps, subscapular, supraspinal, medial calf), two bone breadths (bi-epicondylar humerus and femur), and two limb girths (arm flexed and tensed, calf).[27] developed a computer program somatotype is used to calculate somatotypes. Results: Results of the study shown that the range of the age of 12 to 18 years of the visually challenged persons were 80% ectomesomorphic. However, from the youngest to the oldest age group considered, the mean values of all the three components change gradually. Among the three components of somatotype (endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy), mean values for mesomorphy dominate, while that of endomorphy remain lowest as mean values of mesomorphy 7.61 ± 1.73, ectomorphy 3.74 ± 1.80 and endomorphy 0.66 ± 0.20 respectively. On the whole, the visually disabled person physique could be described as showing a high musculoskeletal development with relatively least fat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
