Somatotype profile of a special police unit
Perfil de somatotipo de una unidad especial de policía
Int. j. morphol; 36 (4), 2018
Publication year: 2018
The purpose of this research was to investigate the somatotype characteristics police special units to give us a better idea about requirements of body composition and somatotype for training or/and selection process of new candidates. Therefore, an anthropometric analysis was conducted on 17 male members of Slovenian special police unit with mean age 31.12 ± 5.61 years, body height 179.46 ± 5.36 cm and body weight 79.84 ± 6.16 kg. They were assessed with anthropometric variables in accordance with ISAK.
The following measurements were taken:
upper arm circumference, flexed upper arm circumference, forearm circumference, thigh circumference, mid-thigh circumference, calf circumference, shoulder width, pelvic width, elbow diameter, wrist diameter, knee diameter, ankle diameter, sub scapular skin fold, triceps skin fold, biceps skin fold, forearm skin fold, abdomen skin fold, chest skin fold, supraspinale skin fold, thigh skin fold and calf skin fold. Also, the bioelectrical impedance TANITA TBF-105 was used for measurements of body weight, body mass index, lean body mass, the percentage of fat mass, absolute fat mass and the percentage of body water were measured. Somatotype components and the position in the somatoplot was calculated with the Somatotype 1.2.5. software. The values found in this study indicate a significant importance of mesomorph component for police special units and their nature of work with dominance of balanced mesomorph somatotype (2.59-6.49-1.98).
El propósito de este estudio fue investigar las características especiales del somatotipo de unidades especiales de la policía para otorgar una mejor idea acerca de los requisitos de la composición corporal y el somatotipo para el entrenamiento y el proceso de selección de los nuevos candidatos. Por lo tanto, se realizó un análisis antropométrico en 17 miembros masculinos de la unidad especial de la policía Eslovena con una edad media de 31,12±5,61 años, altura corporal 179,46±5,36 cm y peso corporal 79,84±6,16 kg. Fueron evaluados con variables antropométricas de acuerdo con ISAK.