The impact of body composition on the performance of complex locomotive structures of girls 11-12 years of age

Dejan, Madić, Boris, Popović, Dušanka, Tumin, Jelena, Obradović, Milan, Pantović, Cvetković

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

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287

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1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%269345&page=0&so...

2011-2021/11/01/13:40:59

Percentage of specific parameters of body composition to an extent can give some information about ones locomotive abilities. This fact has a great importance for resolving needs and necessities of motor behavior in human in everyday life. The period just before the puberty is particularly important for biological development, hence in would be interesting to investigate how different parameters of body composition affect the ability of performing complex locomotive structures. The parameters of body composition and body height were measured on a sample of 120 girls aged 11-12 years, while the ability of performing complex locomotive structures was estimated by ability of performing the exercises on the apparatuses and on the ground after a short period of training. Subjects were grouped into two groups by using cluster analysis on the basis of difference in the ability to perform complex locomotive structures. The difference in body composition between these two groups was analyzed afterwards, by using multivariate analysis of variance and univariate analysis of variance. Parameters of body composition in large part determine the ability of performing complex locomotive structure of girls 11-12 years of age. A group of girls who had a better ability of performing complex locomotive structures had a significantly lower body mass, amount of body fat, a greater amount of muscle mass and body water, while the amount of body height and bone mass were no statistically significant differences. .