Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players

SUMMARY: Comparative researches of athletes’ anthropometric characteristics are undoubtedly of great importance in modern sport. But few researches deal with that issue, and the subject in question is examined on Kosovo athletes. The present research is conducted on a sample of 381 top ath...

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Autor principal:	Pireva,Avdi
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2019
Materias:	Anthropometry Physical differences Somatotype Sports
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220190003010672019-09-11Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer PlayersPireva,Avdi Anthropometry Physical differences Somatotype Sports SUMMARY: Comparative researches of athletes’ anthropometric characteristics are undoubtedly of great importance in modern sport. But few researches deal with that issue, and the subject in question is examined on Kosovo athletes. The present research is conducted on a sample of 381 top athletes, divided into three groups, namely: 130 basketball, 133 handball, and 118 football players. The respondents were measured by their height, weight, breadth, girth and skin folds, whereas the following were indirectly calculated - body composition, somatotype components, and BMI index - aiming to establish their common morphologic characteristics and analyze the specific, i.e. the probable differences depending on the sport. Breadth and girth values were evaluated by ANCOVA and height and weight were used as co-variance factors. The other variables were evaluated by metric ANOVA. The research results indicate that football players are shorter and of less body weight compared to basketball and handball players. BMI of football players is statistically significantly lower compared to the handball players, whereas there is no difference in BMI between the football and basketball players. Handball players are shorter compared to the basketball players, and their BMI index is greater to the basketball and football players. Football players have greater relative transversal dimensions and girth, and lower values of all skin folds, and a lower percentage of fat component compared to the handball players. In football players dominates as a whole mesomorphic component, and their somatotype category is a balanced mesomorphy; with the handball players a mesomorphic type is obtained; whereas the basketball players have an ectomesomorphic body type.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.37 n.3 20192019-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022019000301067en10.4067/S0717-95022019000301067
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description	SUMMARY: Comparative researches of athletes’ anthropometric characteristics are undoubtedly of great importance in modern sport. But few researches deal with that issue, and the subject in question is examined on Kosovo athletes. The present research is conducted on a sample of 381 top athletes, divided into three groups, namely: 130 basketball, 133 handball, and 118 football players. The respondents were measured by their height, weight, breadth, girth and skin folds, whereas the following were indirectly calculated - body composition, somatotype components, and BMI index - aiming to establish their common morphologic characteristics and analyze the specific, i.e. the probable differences depending on the sport. Breadth and girth values were evaluated by ANCOVA and height and weight were used as co-variance factors. The other variables were evaluated by metric ANOVA. The research results indicate that football players are shorter and of less body weight compared to basketball and handball players. BMI of football players is statistically significantly lower compared to the handball players, whereas there is no difference in BMI between the football and basketball players. Handball players are shorter compared to the basketball players, and their BMI index is greater to the basketball and football players. Football players have greater relative transversal dimensions and girth, and lower values of all skin folds, and a lower percentage of fat component compared to the handball players. In football players dominates as a whole mesomorphic component, and their somatotype category is a balanced mesomorphy; with the handball players a mesomorphic type is obtained; whereas the basketball players have an ectomesomorphic body type.
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title	Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players
title_short	Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players
title_full	Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players
title_fullStr	Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players
title_full_unstemmed	Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players
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publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2019
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Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Elite Kosovo Basketball, Handball and Soccer Players

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