Somatotyping
Development and Applications
Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology; 5;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 28 June 1990
- ISBN 9780521351171
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages520 pages
- Size 234x152x33 mm
- Weight 960 g
- Language English 0
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Long description:
Somatotyping is a method of description and assessment of the body on three shape and composition scales: endomorphy (relative fatness), mesomorphy (relative musculoskeletal robustness), and ectomorphy (relative linearity). This book (the first major account of the field for thirty years) presents a comprehensive history of somatotyping, beginning with W. J. Sheldon's introduction of the method in 1940. The controversies regarding the validity of Sheldon's method are described, as are the various attempts to modify the technique, particularly the Heath-Carter method, which has come into widespread use. The book reviews present knowledge of somatotypes around the world, how they change with growth, ageing and exercise, and the contributions of genetics and environment to the rating. Also reviewed are the relationships between somatotypes and sport, physical performance, health and behaviour. Students and research workers in human biology, physical and biological anthropology and physical education will all find valuable information in this book.
"...the volume is a valuable discussion of the somatotype concept and an excellent compilation of available somatotype data. It should be among the reference books of human biologists and sport scientists." Robert M. Malina, American Journal of Human Biology
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; 1. History; 2. Review of somatotypes methods; 3. Human variation in adult somatotypes; 4. Growth and aging; 5. Genetics; 6. Sport and physical performance; 7. Health, behavioural variables and occupational choice; 8. Overview and new directions; Appendices; Glossary; Index.
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