Anthropometric Measurements and Somatotype Determination in Adult Climbers

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the anthropometric measurement parameters and to determine the body somatotype of mountaineering athletes and Alpine style climbers. The sample of the study consisted of 40 men who were actively mountaineering athletes, climbing Alpine style, with an average age of 27.05±2.89 years. Age, height, body weight, skinfold thickness, circumference and diameter measurements were taken. SPSS 29.0 package programme was used to analyse the data and Independent Samples T-Test was used. As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that the climbers participating in the study had normal body mass index (24.59±2.12), normal body fat percentage (13.10±4.42) and mesomorphic endomorph (4.70-5.39-1.98) characteristics. As a result of the T-Test, it was determined that there was a statistically significant difference in the endomorphic (t=5,31; p<.001), mesomorphic (t=8,57; p<.001) and ectomorphic (t=-8,60; p<.001) charac-teristics of the climbers. Conclusions: It was determined that Alpine climbers exhibited the characteristics of mesomorphic endomorph body structure, had normal fat percentage and body mass index, while the 4-4-3 Balanced Somatotype evaluation of Alpine climbers changed to 5-5-2 Mesomorphic - Endomorphic feature according to previous studies in terms of somatotype characteristics.

Keywords

• Alpine climbing
• mountaineering
• anthropometry
• somatotype
• physical fitness

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