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- Title
ANTHROPOMETRICAL AND SPORT CONSTITUTIONAL COMPARISON OF MALE AND FEMALE BALLROOM- AND LATIN-DANCERS WITH REGARD TO DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE LEVELS.
- Authors
Mikhailov, Vitalij; Raschka, Christoph
- Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine the anthropometrical and sport-constitutional differences of male as well female Ballroom- and Latin-Dancers depending on their performance levels. For this purpose 29 male and 32 female dancers were anthropometrically analysed. The measurements were taken under standardised conditions and the results were evaluated statistically (ANOVA) after the subjects have been separated in 4 groups depending on their performance levels and gender, but without attending to the dancing style. To find differences between the body compositions skinfold measures, the Bioelectric-Impedance-Analysis (BIA), the Broca- and Body-Mass-Index (BMI) and AKS-Index were used. The exact defined landmarks after Conrad, Knussmann, Parnell and Heath/Carter were conducted as foundation of the examined and calculated measures of the body constitution. Without responding to the well known sex differences only a view significant performance level specific characteristics were found. Overall the collected data shows that most of the anthropometrical values of male dancers at higher performance levels are by trend lesser than at lower performance levels: at the same average body height of about 179 cm the men at higher performance levels have greater weight (70.7 kg versus 75.6 kg), about 1.5 cm higher Sphyrion, about 1.4 cm smaller chest width, about 1.1 cm shorter shank and by trend a lower total body fat percentage (11.0% versus 14.0% [BIA] ) in comparison to the men at lower performance levels. The research of the female dancers did not yield any meaningful performance level addicted findings. But all in all, most of the values of female sportsmen reveal an increasing trend in contrast to the female dancers of lower performance levels. The average competition dancers, independent of gender and performance levels, seem to be moderately slender with a balanced body's physical structure. After the categorization of the body typification patterns the competition dancing take's its place -- based on the relation of weight, strength and a stable tape apparatus -- in the leptomorph area.
- Subjects
ANTHROPOMETRY; BALLROOM dancers; BALLROOM dancing; SPORTS; ADIPOSE tissues
- Publication
Papers on Anthropology, 2010, Vol 19, p258
- ISSN
1406-0140
- Publication type
Article