SciELO

Pinch size can affect the skinfold thickness measurement and interfere in the estimation and classification of body adiposity

Abstract The aim of this study was to verify the effect of pinch size on skinfold thickness measurement and the consequent interference in the estimation and classification of body adiposity ...
BMJ

Mechanism evaluation of a lifestyle intervention for patients with musculoskeletal pain who are overweight or obese: protocol for a causal mediation analysis

Introduction Low back pain (LBP) and knee osteoarthritis (OA) are highly prevalent and disabling conditions that cause societal and economic impact worldwide. Two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) ...
Original paper

Effects of strength training with blood flow restriction on torque, muscle activation and local muscular endurance in healthy subjects

Associate Graduate Program in Physical Education UPE/UFPB, Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Kinanthropometry and Human Development ...
Frontiers

Beyond somatotype categories: composition-based clustering of body types in young adults

Somatotype analysis classifies individuals into 13 categories based on unique combinations of the three principal components: endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy. This study aimed to examine ...
University of Stirling

Pioneering study can improve injury prevention in flag football ahead of Olympic debut

Flag football is one of the world's fastest growing sports. A first-of-its-kind University of Stirling-led study into one of the world’s fastest growing sports could help to prevent injuries ahead of ...
SciELO

International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) Global: international accreditation scheme of the competent anthropometrist

The anthropometric assessment of a person or population is used by professionals from different areas (health, sports, education, ergonomics, engineering), and the quality of the measures obtained by ...
BMJ

Randomised controlled trial of referral to a telephone-based weight management and healthy lifestyle programme for patients with knee osteoarthritis who are overweight or obese ...

1 Hunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia 2 Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 3 University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South ...
Vanguard

Meet expert who advocates high-intensity interval training to improve women’s health

BENIN CITY – AN ASEP registered exercise physiologist and passionate advocate for women’s health, Dr. Karl Eimuhi has advocated for interval training to improve women’s health Meet Dr. Karl Eimuhi, is ...
IEEE

The use of AI in Human Pose Estimation Applications in Kinesiology: Taxonomy of Algorithms, Models, and Evaluation Methods

Abstract: Kinesiology and its related disciplines (kinanthropometry, biomechanics, kinesiological rehabilitation, sports games) symbiotically attract new computer technologies, implementing them in ...