Kinanthropometry IV

by Spon

• ISBN13: 9780419167709
• ISBN10: 0419167706
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-12-06
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry holds a major international conference every four years. This volume contains the papers presented at the fourth such event, held at the World Congress on Youth, Leisure and Physical Activity in Brussels.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of reviewers
Monkey business: evolution, culture and youth sport	p. 1
Regional adiposity and the sex hormones	p. 19
Mineral and water contents of the fat free body: effect of gender, activity level, age and maturation	p. 42
Longitudinal study of the stability of the somatotype in boys and girls	p. 54
The analysis of individual and average growth curves: some methodological aspects	p. 68
Nutrition and physical activity	p. 87
Windsurfing: effects of youth-specific changes in materials and techniques concerning the load on the lower back during the lifting of the sail	p. 99
Skeletal ruggedness as a factor in performance of Olympic and national calibre synchronised swimmers	p. 107
Applications of spinal shrinkage to subjects with low back pain	p. 114
Flexibility, warm-up and injuries in mature games players	p. 119
Daily physical activity and its relationship with health related and performance related fitness in thirty year old men	p. 124
The effects of continuous and intermittent training on the ventilatory threshold two and maximum exercise capacity of middle-aged men	p. 132
Heritability of health- and performance-related fitness	p. 140
Ergometric assessments of kayak paddlers	p. 150
Physical activity and bone	p. 159
Distinguishing anthropological factors in female speed skaters with respect to their success in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games	p. 175
Sexual dimorphism in fat patterning in young track and field athletes	p. 181
Somatotypes of female veteran track and field athletes	p. 189
Relation of anthropometric measures and anaerobic performance in young Brazilian soccer players	p. 198
Sexual dimorphism and motor performance of female children with a remark on elitism and negative selection	p. 205
Biological maturation and physical performance	p. 215
A comparison of oxygen uptake during running in children and adults	p. 236
Physical performance decline or improvement of girls at the time of PHV and later maximal performance	p. 242
Tracking at the extremes of health- and performance-related fitness from adolescence through adulthood	p. 249
Growth, physical performance and psychological characteristics of disadvantaged Brazilian preschool children	p. 256
Changes in running speed and endurance among girls during puberty	p. 268
Youth sports: readiness, selection and trainability	p. 285
Index	p. 302
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