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Somatotype Profiles of Montenegrin Karatekas: An Observational Study

Competitive karate activity involves numerous factors affecting performance in sport. Physical structure and somatotype is considered to be one of them. This study aimed to determine whether there are differences between karate athletes in five male and five female official weight categories in diff...

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Autores principales: Slankamenac, Jelena, Bjelica, Dusko, Jaksic, Damjan, Trivic, Tatjana, Drapsin, Miodrag, Vujkov, Sandra, Modric, Toni, Milosevic, Zoran, Drid, Patrik
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412914
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author Slankamenac, Jelena
Bjelica, Dusko
Jaksic, Damjan
Trivic, Tatjana
Drapsin, Miodrag
Vujkov, Sandra
Modric, Toni
Milosevic, Zoran
Drid, Patrik
author_facet Slankamenac, Jelena
Bjelica, Dusko
Jaksic, Damjan
Trivic, Tatjana
Drapsin, Miodrag
Vujkov, Sandra
Modric, Toni
Milosevic, Zoran
Drid, Patrik
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description Competitive karate activity involves numerous factors affecting performance in sport. Physical structure and somatotype is considered to be one of them. This study aimed to determine whether there are differences between karate athletes in five male and five female official weight categories in different anthropometric measurements and to determine the somatotype profiles of athletes divided by weight categories. This study consisted of a total of 27 male karate athletes (21.88 ± 4.66 years) and 24 female karate athletes (20.29 ± 3.14 years). Measurements were taken in April 2020. Athletes are classified into official weight categories according to World Karate Federation rules. Somatotypes were calculated using anthropometry. One-way analysis of variance and Tukey’s post hoc tests were used for statistical analysis to compare group differences regarding weight categories. Anthropometric parameters were highest in the heaviest categories compared to lighter categories. All male subjects were endomorphic mesomorph, except for category <84 kg, which was endomorphic ectomorphs. Somatotype analysis of male categories found a difference between the <75 kg and <84 kg in endomorphy. In mesomorphy, there is no difference between categories. Perceiving ectomorphy, there is a significant difference between the first category and the >84 kg. Profiling female athletes, three different types of somatotypes were obtained concerning the weight category. The lightest weight category was predominantly endomorphic ectomorphs, and two weight categories were ectomorphic endomorphs (<61 kg and <68 kg), and the other two weight categories were endomorphic mesomorphs (<55 kg and >68 kg). Somatotype differences in the female karate athletes were observed only in the ectomorphy components, between <50 kg and <61 kg. The present study points to how the somatotypes profiles of karate athletes differ between weight categories.
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spelling pubmed-87019862021-12-24 Somatotype Profiles of Montenegrin Karatekas: An Observational Study Slankamenac, Jelena Bjelica, Dusko Jaksic, Damjan Trivic, Tatjana Drapsin, Miodrag Vujkov, Sandra Modric, Toni Milosevic, Zoran Drid, Patrik Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Competitive karate activity involves numerous factors affecting performance in sport. Physical structure and somatotype is considered to be one of them. This study aimed to determine whether there are differences between karate athletes in five male and five female official weight categories in different anthropometric measurements and to determine the somatotype profiles of athletes divided by weight categories. This study consisted of a total of 27 male karate athletes (21.88 ± 4.66 years) and 24 female karate athletes (20.29 ± 3.14 years). Measurements were taken in April 2020. Athletes are classified into official weight categories according to World Karate Federation rules. Somatotypes were calculated using anthropometry. One-way analysis of variance and Tukey’s post hoc tests were used for statistical analysis to compare group differences regarding weight categories. Anthropometric parameters were highest in the heaviest categories compared to lighter categories. All male subjects were endomorphic mesomorph, except for category <84 kg, which was endomorphic ectomorphs. Somatotype analysis of male categories found a difference between the <75 kg and <84 kg in endomorphy. In mesomorphy, there is no difference between categories. Perceiving ectomorphy, there is a significant difference between the first category and the >84 kg. Profiling female athletes, three different types of somatotypes were obtained concerning the weight category. The lightest weight category was predominantly endomorphic ectomorphs, and two weight categories were ectomorphic endomorphs (<61 kg and <68 kg), and the other two weight categories were endomorphic mesomorphs (<55 kg and >68 kg). Somatotype differences in the female karate athletes were observed only in the ectomorphy components, between <50 kg and <61 kg. The present study points to how the somatotypes profiles of karate athletes differ between weight categories. MDPI 2021-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8701986/ /pubmed/34948524 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412914 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Modric, Toni
Milosevic, Zoran
Drid, Patrik
Somatotype Profiles of Montenegrin Karatekas: An Observational Study
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title_sort somatotype profiles of montenegrin karatekas: an observational study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412914
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