Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies

Sukanta Saha

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• Research Article
  Somatotype, Body Composition and Explosive Power of Athlete and Non-Athlete
  Author(s): Sukanta SahaSukanta Saha
  
  The aim of this study was to identify the effect of somatotype and body composition variables on leg explosive power of college level men students. The sample consisted of 500 young college students, divided into two groups: athletes (N=250) undergoing Bachelor of Physical Education course whose mean age 23.86 ± 0.36 years; and nonathletes (N=250) college students who do not take part regular physical activities and mean age 22.16 ± 0.88 years. The somatotype was assessed using the Heath & Carter method. Assessing body composition of the subject various anthropometric measurements were taken. Sargent vertical jump test was used to measure leg explosive power. The measures were compared between the two groups using the Student t-test for independent samples. The two groups differed significantly (p ≤ 0.01) in terms of body weight, % body fat, lean body mass, % skele.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0673.1000137

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