UDK: 576.2: 796 — 055.2

IEFFECT OF SPORTS ON SOMATIC INDICATORS OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN GIRLS WITH DIFFERENT BODY TYPES

V. B. Mandrikov, R. P. Samusev, E. V. Zubareva, E. S. Rudaskova, G. A. Adelshina

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра физического воспитания и здоровья, Волгоградская государственная академия физической культуры

Abstract

Somatometric examination of 167 students of both sexes from a Physical Education Institute was conducted. Girls who do not do sports were predominantly mesomorphs while young men were mostly andromorphs. Girls who do sports showed changes in the indicators of sexual dimorphism whose degree depends on their somatotype.

Keywords

somatometry, body type, regular physical activity, sexual dimorphism.

Contacts

Самусев Рудольф Павлович — д. м. н., профессор кафедры анатомии и физиологии, Волгоградская академия физической культуры, e-mail: vgafk@vlink.ru