Somatotype of Competitive Youth Soccer Players From Brazil
| Autor: | Yara Lucy Fidelix, Tiago Cetolin, Jaelson Gonçalves Ortiz, Edio Luiz Petroski, Juliane Berria, Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
youth
anthropometry Post hoc biology Athletes Body height Section III – Sports Training Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Anthropometry biology.organism_classification soccer athletes male Physiology (medical) lcsh:Sports medicine lcsh:RC1200-1245 human activities Simulation Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Human Kinetics, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 259-266 (2014) Journal of Human Kinetics |
| ISSN: | 1899-7562 |
| DOI: | 10.2478/hukin-2014-0079 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to identify the morphological configuration of youth athletes from professional soccer clubs and to verify their differences according to the tactical position on the field. Overall, 67 male players aged 15 to 17 years were evaluated. The examined anthropometric measurements included body mass, body height, skinfolds (triceps, subscapular, supraspinal and medial calf), girths (flexed and tensed arm and calf) and breadths (humerus and femur). For statistical purposes, analysis of variance and post hoc Bonferroni and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. We concluded that goalkeepers were heavier and taller than center backs (p = 0.015 and p = 0.001), midfielders (p = 0.005 and p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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