BODY HEIGHT AND ITS ESTIMATION UTILIZING ARM SPAN MEASUREMENTS IN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FROM CENTRAL REGION IN MONTENEGRO
Journal Title: Sport Mont - Year 2015, Vol 0, Issue 43
Abstract
Anthropologists recognized the tallness of nations in the Dinaric Alps long time ago (Popovic et al, 2013). As the modern Montenegrins fall partly into the Dinaric racial classification (Bjelica et al., 2012), the purpose of this study was to examine the body height in Montenegrin female adolescents from central region as well as the relationship between arm span as an alternative to estimating the body height, which would vary from region to region in Montenegro. Method: Our investigation analyses 593 female adolescents from the central region in Montenegro. The anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK). Means and standard deviations regarding the anthropometric measurements were obtained. A comparison of means of body heights and arm spans within this gender group were carried out using a t-test. The relationships between body height and arm span were determined using simple correlation coefficients and their 95% confidence interval. Then a linear regression analysis was performed to examine the extent to which the arm span can reliably predict body height. Results: The results displayed that female Central-Montenegrins are 169.24±11.61cm tall and have an arm span of 168.03±10.34cm. Discussion: Compared to other studies, the results of this study have shown that this gender made Central-Macedonians the tall population, taller than general female population in Montenegro (Bjelica et al., 2012). On the other hand, expectably, the arm span reliably predicts body height in this gender. However, the estimation equations which have been obtained in Central-Montenegrins are, different alike in general population, since arm span was shorter than the body heights (1.21±1.27 centimetres), much more than in general population (Bjelica et al., 2012). This confirms the necessity for developing separate height models for each region in Montenegro.
Authors and Affiliations
Marija Bubanja, Dobrislav Vujović, Gabriela Doina Tanase, Rašid Hadžić, Rajko Milašinović
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP192980
- DOI -
- Views 82
- Downloads 0
THE INFLUENCE OF PHISICAL EDUCATIN ON DEVOLPEMENT OF ABILITIES OF ELDERLY SCHOOLCHILDREN
On spe ci men of scho ol chil dren of pri mary school in Ser bia, was do ne a re se arch of physi cal edu ca tion in fl u en ce on de ve lo ping of mo to ric abi li ti es. Po pu la tion, on which was ex trac ted a spe ci...
PREVENTION IN RACKET SPORTS
Interest in sport activities and among them, also in racket sports, has grown in recent years because of the increase in leisure time as well as the belief that general health can be enhanced by improved physical fitness...
OSNOVNI ELEMENTI ALPSKOG SKIJANJA KAO SREDSTVO REKREACIJE
The basic characteristic of alpine skiing as a means of recreation is that it can be used by individuals of all ages and psycho-physical abilities. This activity stimulates the development, improvement and maintenance of...
BIOMECHANICAL MODEL OF THE SPRINT START
The study analysed and identifi ed the major kinematic parameters of the phases of sprint start and block acceleration that infl uence the results of sprint running. The biomechanical measurements and kinematic analysis...
GOOD PRACTICES IN ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT SOME BULGARIAN GENERAL SCHOOLS
Early or la te, qu ick or slow, world ten den ci es in edu ca tion re ach everyone coun try and start to ma ster its so cial systems. Last two de ca des are ti me when spe cial at ten tion to pe o ple with di sa bi li ti...