d016 Sports anthropology

Faculty of Sports Studies
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Jan Novotný, CSc.
Faculty of Sports Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Marta Drozdková
Prerequisites
Knowledge of human anatomy.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject offers a space for knowledge of anthropology and anthropomoetry applied to athletes and sport: Relationship of body of body size, shape and composition to performance in various sport disciploines. Evaluation and prediction of the the body development.
Syllabus
  • Relationship of body size and shape to various sports discipline. Anthropometric measurement. Indicators and indexes of the body size. Evaluation of body size and shape. Reference values. Probe the body composition. Body components: Skelet, Muscle, Fat etc. Caliperation (Parizkova, Matiegka), Electro-impedance measurement (BodyStat), DEXA, etc. Evaluation and prediction of body development. Biological age. Body height prediction - TW3 (Tanner et al.) etc. Disorders of body grow.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Předmět je zakončen kolokviem. The subject will be over by colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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