Somatotype of male and female judokas according to weight categories

Roklicer Roberto; Atanasov Dragan; Sadri Filip; Jahic Dzenan; Bojanic Danilo; Ljubojevic Milovan; Trivic Tatjana; Drid Patrik

doi:10.2478/bhk-2020-0005

Biomedical Human Kinetics (Jan 2020)

Somatotype of male and female judokas according to weight categories

Roklicer Roberto,
Atanasov Dragan,
Sadri Filip,
Jahic Dzenan,
Bojanic Danilo,
Ljubojevic Milovan,
Trivic Tatjana,
Drid Patrik

Affiliations

Roklicer Roberto: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Atanasov Dragan: Faculty of Sport, University Union – Nikola Tesla, Belgrade, Serbia
Sadri Filip: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Jahic Dzenan: Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, Sarajevo University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bojanic Danilo: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro
Ljubojevic Milovan: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro
Trivic Tatjana: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Drid Patrik: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2020-0005
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 34 – 40

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Study aim: The body structure can play a determining role in the achievement of top judo performance, and it seems to influence the type of techniques applied. The aim of this study is to determine the somatotypes in male and female national level judokas across weight categories in order to observe possible differences among athletes.

Published in Biomedical Human Kinetics

ISSN: 2080-2234 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Sports medicine; Science: Physiology
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/BHK

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