Original scientific paper
Morphological Characteristics of Professional Ballet Dancers of the Bolshoi Theater Company
Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari
; State University of Santa Catarina, Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Post- Graduation Program in Human Movement
Diego Augusto Santos Silva
; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Sports Center, Post-Graduation Program in Physical Education, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil
Cilene Rebolho Martins
; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Sports Center, Post-Graduation Program in Physical Education, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil
Yara Lucy Fidelix
; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Sports Center, Post-Graduation Program in Physical Education, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil
Edio Luiz Petroski
; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Sports Center, Post-Graduation Program in Physical Education, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil
Abstract
The objective of this study was to describe the morphological profile of professional dancers compared with university physical education students. Thirty-five subjects were evaluated as follows: 13 professional ballet dancers of the Bolshoi Theater Company, six males and seven females, and 22 university physical education students, 11 males and 11 females. Body mass, height, skinfold (triceps, biceps, subscapular, chest, axilla, supraspinale, Iliac crest, abdominal, Front thigh, medial calf) girth (Arm flexed and tensed, forearm, waist, gluteal girth, Mid-thigh girth and calf) and breadth (wrist, ankle, Biepicondylar humerus and femur) were evaluated and somatotype, body fat percentage (BF%) body mass index (BMI), S7 Skinfolds lean body mass, bone, residual and muscle mass were calculated. Dancers showed lower values for BMI, sum of seven skinfolds, BF%, body fat percentage, fat mass, residual mass (p<0.05). For females, lean body mass was also lower in the group of dancers. Body muscle values were lower for university physical education students of both sexes (p<0.05). When assessing differences between male and female dancers and male and female university physical education students, dancers appeared to be more homogeneous than students. As for somatotype, male dancers showed predominance of mesomorphy over the other components and female dancers showed predominance of ectomorphy. The
intense training in classical ballet interfered in body composition components, changing them significantly.
Keywords
anthropometry; athletes; body composition; somatotype; exercise
Hrčak ID:
102455
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Publication date:
23.5.2013.
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