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Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children

The purpose of this study was to analyse the interaction between somatotype, body fat and physical activity in prepubescent children. This was a cross-sectional study design involving 312 children (160 girls, 152 boys) aged between 10 and 11.5 years old (10.8 ± 0.4 years old). Evaluation of body com...

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Autores principales: Marta, Carlos, Marinho, Daniel A., Costa, Aldo M., Barbosa, Tiago M., Marques, Mário C.
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Publicado: Versita, Warsaw 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3588893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23486278
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10078-011-0063-4
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author Marta, Carlos
Marinho, Daniel A.
Costa, Aldo M.
Barbosa, Tiago M.
Marques, Mário C.
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description The purpose of this study was to analyse the interaction between somatotype, body fat and physical activity in prepubescent children. This was a cross-sectional study design involving 312 children (160 girls, 152 boys) aged between 10 and 11.5 years old (10.8 ± 0.4 years old). Evaluation of body composition was done determining body mass index and body fat by means of skin-fold measurements, using the method described by Slaughter. Somatotype was computed according to the Carter’s method. Physical activity was assessed with the Baecke questionnaire. The physical activity assessment employed sets of curl-ups, push-ups, standing broad jump, medicine ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power stair. There were negative associations for body fat, endomorphy and mesomorphy with curl-ups, push-ups and broad jump tests and positive associations with ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power tests. The associations for ectomorphy were the inverse of those for endomorphy and mesomorphy. Non obese children presented higher values for curl-ups, push-ups and standing broad jump. In medicine ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power test obese children presented higher scores, followed by children who were overweight. The mesoectomorphic boys and ectomesomorphic girls performed higher in all tests. The morphological typology presented more interactions with strength than % of body fat and physical activity. These data seem to suggest that the presence/absence of certain physical characteristics is crucial in the levels of motor provision in prepubescent children.
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spelling pubmed-35888932013-03-13 Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children Marta, Carlos Marinho, Daniel A. Costa, Aldo M. Barbosa, Tiago M. Marques, Mário C. J Hum Kinet Research Article The purpose of this study was to analyse the interaction between somatotype, body fat and physical activity in prepubescent children. This was a cross-sectional study design involving 312 children (160 girls, 152 boys) aged between 10 and 11.5 years old (10.8 ± 0.4 years old). Evaluation of body composition was done determining body mass index and body fat by means of skin-fold measurements, using the method described by Slaughter. Somatotype was computed according to the Carter’s method. Physical activity was assessed with the Baecke questionnaire. The physical activity assessment employed sets of curl-ups, push-ups, standing broad jump, medicine ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power stair. There were negative associations for body fat, endomorphy and mesomorphy with curl-ups, push-ups and broad jump tests and positive associations with ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power tests. The associations for ectomorphy were the inverse of those for endomorphy and mesomorphy. Non obese children presented higher values for curl-ups, push-ups and standing broad jump. In medicine ball throw, handgrip strength and Margaria-Kalamen power test obese children presented higher scores, followed by children who were overweight. The mesoectomorphic boys and ectomesomorphic girls performed higher in all tests. The morphological typology presented more interactions with strength than % of body fat and physical activity. These data seem to suggest that the presence/absence of certain physical characteristics is crucial in the levels of motor provision in prepubescent children. Versita, Warsaw 2011-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3588893/ /pubmed/23486278 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10078-011-0063-4 Text en © Editorial Committee of Journal of Human Kinetics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children
title Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children
title_full Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children
title_fullStr Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children
title_full_unstemmed Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children
title_short Somatotype is More Interactive with Strength than Fat Mass and Physical Activity in Peripubertal Children
title_sort somatotype is more interactive with strength than fat mass and physical activity in peripubertal children
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3588893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23486278
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10078-011-0063-4
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