UDK: 576.2:796-055.2

DEPENDENCE OF MANIFESTATIONS OF MORPHOLOGICAL SIGNS OF MASCULINIZATION IN SPORTSWOMEN ON THE TYPE OF CONSTITUTION

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

Abstract

The authors revealed specifics of morphological adaptation of women of different somatotypes to regular physical activity. It was established that female athletes of asthenic and normostenic сonstitution, regardless of sports specialization, show morphological signs of virilization upon adaptation to regular exercise. At the same time, sportswomen with hyperstenic body build showed no reliable evidence of virilization development. These data suggest that the masculinizing effect of sports on women does not depend so much on the type of sports, but rather on the type of their body build.

Keywords

anthropometry, body build, regular exercise, masculinization.

Contacts

Зубарева Елена Владимировна — к. м. н., доцент кафедры анатомии и физиологии, Волгоградская государственная академия физической культуры, e-mail: vgafk@vlink.ru