Objectives: The aims of this study were to describe the anthropometric characteristics, body composition and somatotype of elite male and female junior tennis players, to compare the anthropometric ...

Body type, or somatotype, is inherited and expresses itself as skeletal structure and body composition. A greater muscle and fat content characterize the endomorph body type. These people are ...

Introduction Studies on the somatotype and body mass index (BMI) of athletes with disabilities are very scarce. Those on Special Olympics athletes, particularly of African origin, are even almost ...