Anthropometric characteristics of the young Czech population and their relationship to the national sports potential
| Autor: | Eduard Hrazdíra, Pavel Grasgruber |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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ANTHROPOMETRY
Czech Population Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation BODY PROPORTIONS Body type Performance factor 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Educación Física y Deportiva 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:Sports medicine education education.field_of_study Body proportions Anthropometry Sports talent selection SECULAR TREND OF BODY HEIGHT language.human_language Geography SPORTS TALENT SELECTION 030228 respiratory system Cohort Arm span language Secular trend of body height lcsh:RC1200-1245 Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, Vol 8, Iss 2Proc, Pp 120-134 (2013) RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante Universidad de Alicante (UA) |
| ISSN: | 1988-5202 |
| DOI: | 10.4100/jhse.2012.8.proc2.15 |
| Popis: | Anthropometric characteristics of young Czech men and women haven’t been measured since 2001, due to the cancellation of the traditional anthropological survey in 2011. The project “Physical activity in the Czech republic” thus offered an opportunity to fill this gap and add some useful information about another physical features of the Czech population that usualy aren’t addressed in anthropological studies. The investigated sample in the youngest age cohort (18-29 years) included 142 men and 137 women, and consisted of volunteers, who were measured during various public actions (primarily in Southern Moravia) during 2011-2012. Although the number of studied individuals was relatively small, their average height (181.0±6.2 cm in men and 168.8±6.7 in women) fits favourably the long-term trends of the secular height increase and confirms that Czech men and women belong to the very tallest in the world. Furthermore, the documented values of relative sitting height (52.63% in men, 53.38% in women) and relative arm span (101.46% in men, 99.23% in women) indicate that the Czech population can be viewed as short-limbed, when compared with other European nations. Considering that the average BMI of Czech national team members at Summer Olympics is consistently moderately above-average in comparison with other Europeans, it can be concluded that Czech men and women are physically well endowed mainly for strength sports of a more dynamic nature, where height is an important performance factor. These observations can have fundamental implications for the development and funding of talent programs, because they enable to target specific sports, whose requirements best correspond with the body type present in the Czech population. The research survey presented above was financed within the project “Creating a research team led by a reintegrated Czech researcher to determine the level of physical activity (inactivity) in chosen age groups of women and men in the Czech republic” (CZ. 1. 07/2. 3. 00/20. 0044). |
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