The morphometric parameters of body of the young sportswomen engaged in trampoline jumping

• Published in: Morfolihii͡a Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 18 - 22
• Main Authors: Abramov V.V., Shevchenko I.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy 01.01.2007
• Subjects: estrogen insufficiency; physical development; sportswomen; trampoline jumping; аnthropometric indices
• ISSN: 1997-9665

The purpose of the current study was to study the dynamics of the morphometric parameters of the body of sportswomen from 10 to 17 years, engaged in trampoline jumping. The anthropometric indices: the height, weight, the body fat mass, the circumference of thorax, the leg length, the pelvic sizes were measured. Despite the fact that the body length, weight and surface increased with age as well as the chest size, all indexes were less than these in control group. Girls engaged in sport showed the reduction of body fatty mass from 19,45±1,34% in age 10-11 years to 15,98±1,77% in age 16-17 years. The estimation of indexes LE/H (correlation of length of lower extremity toward height), A/T (correlation of interacromial size toward intertrochanter size) and ΣP/H (correlation of sum of pelvic sizes toward height) on levels revealed the increase of length of lower extremities and interacromial size relatively to the intertrochanter size, and also the delay of pelvic development in sportswomen in comparison with control. The index LE/H was 61,8-68,6 in 21,6% sportswomen, index A/T reached up 1,35-1,44 in a 26,7%, that was the morphological signs of primary estrogen insufficiency and the result of influence of the intensive physical loadings on the organism of sportswomen.