Title: Changes in somatotype and body composition of college football players over a season.
Abstract:Body composition and somatotype by anthropometry for sixty-nine collegiate football players were estimated pre and post season. Body weight decreased from 95.4 to 94.9 kg, percent fat decreased from 1...Body composition and somatotype by anthropometry for sixty-nine collegiate football players were estimated pre and post season. Body weight decreased from 95.4 to 94.9 kg, percent fat decreased from 13.1 to 12.4 and lean body weight increased from 82.5 to 82.9kg. Somatotype changed from a 2.5-5.3-1.5 preaseaon mean to 2.3-5.4-1.5 for the postseason mean. The changes in endomorphy and mesomorphy were significant (p < .05) but did not alter the descriptive classification of the mean somatotype. It was concluded that the Heath-Carter Somatotype Rating Form had sufficient precision to detect small changes in somatotype which occur over a collegiate football season.Read More
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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