Vol. 6, No 2, 2008 pp. 85 - 93
UDC 796.012
Scientific Paper
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ANTHROPOMETRIC
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BODY AND
THE ISOMETRIC ENDURANCE OF THE LUMBAR AND
ABDOMINAL MUSCULATURE OF CHILDREN
Aleksandar Dejanović1, Dobrica
Živković2
1Serbian State University at Novi Pazar,
Department for Sport and Physical Education, Serbia
2University of Niš, Faculty of Sport
and Physical Education, Serbia
E-mail: dobrica@ffk.ni.ac.yu
Abstract. This study was carried out with the aim of studying the
relations that hold between the anthropometric characteristics of the body
and the isometric endurance of the lumbar and abdominal musculature, and
was based on a sample numbering 406 subjects aged 7 to 10. One subsample
of the subjects consisted of 199 boys whose average height was 136.67cm
(±8.65) and average weight was 33.83kg (±8.45). The other subsample consisted
of 207 girls whose average body height was 137.75cm (±9.20) and average
body weight was 37.05kg (±7.60). The following parameters were used to
evaluate the anthropometric characteristics: body height, leg length, arm
length, upper arm length, height while seated, shoulder width, pelvic width,
knee diameter, body weight, average thorax volume, abdominal volume, hip
volume, upper leg volume and calf volume. In order to evaluate the isometric
endurance of the lumbar and abdominal musculature, the following tests
were used: the Biering-Sorensen test of the endurance of the lumbar extensors,
the test of endurance of the lateral flexors of the torso and the test
of endurance of the flexors of the torso. The obtained data was processed
by means of a canonical correlation analysis. The results and the discussion
led us to the conclusion that there are statistically significant relations
between anthropometric characteristics and the isometric endurance of the
lumbar and abdominal musculature of boys and girls aged 7 to 10.
Key words: anthropometrics, lumbar extension, abdominal
and lateral flexion, children, correlation
POVEZANOST ANTROPOMETRIJSKIH KARAKTERISTIKA
TELA I
IZOMETRIJSKE IZDRŽLJIVOSTI LUMBALNE I ABDOMINALNE MUSKULATURE DECE
Istraživanje je sprovedeno sa ciljem da se istraže relacije između antropometrijskih
karakteristika tela i izometrijske izdržljivosti lumbalne i abdominalne
muskulature na uzorku 406 ispitanika uzrasta od 7 do 10 godina. Subuzorak
ispitanika je činilo 199 dečaka telesne visine 136,67 cm (±8,65) i telesne
težine 33,83 kg (±8,45). Subuzorak ispitanica je činilo 207 devojčica
telesne visine 137,75 cm (±9,20) i telesne težine 37,05 kg (±7,60).
Za procenu antropometrijskih karakteristika primenjeni su sledeći parametri:
telesna visina, dužina noge, dužina ruke, dužina nadlaktice, sedeća
visina, širina ramena, širina karlice, dijametar kolena, težina tela,
srednji obim grudnog koša, obim trbuha, obim kuka, obim nadkolenice i
obim potkolenice. Za procenu izometrijske izdržljivosti lumbalne i abdominalne
muskulature primenjeni su: Biering-Sorrensen-ov test izdržljivosti lumbalnih
ekstenzora, test izdržljivosti laterofleksora trupa i test izdržljivosti
fleksora trupa. Dobijeni podaci su obrađeni kanoničkom korelacionom analizom.
Rezultati i diskusija omogućavaju da se zaključi da postoje statistički
značajne relacije između antropometrijskih karakteristika i izometrijske
izdržljivosti lumbalne i abdominalne muskulature dečaka i devojčica
uzrasta od 7 do 10 godina.
Ključne reči: antropometrija, lumbalna ekstenzija, abdominalna
i lateralna fleksija, deca, korelacija
