ABSTRACT
I. Introduction................................................................................. 136 II. Anthropometric Studies of Athletes: Historical Overview ..... 136
III. Concepts and Methods ............................................................... 138 A. Overall Body Size.................................................................. 139 B. Components of Stature ......................................................... 140 C. Skeletal Breadths ................................................................... 140 D. Limb Circumferences ............................................................ 140 E. Skinfold Thicknesses ............................................................. 140 F. Quality Control...................................................................... 141 G. Ratios and Indices ................................................................. 142 H. Corrected Limb Circumferences........................................... 143 I. Heath-Carter Anthropometric Somatotype ......................... 144
IV. Anthropometric Characteristics of Female Athletes ................ 145 A. Athletes, Nonathletes and Variation among Sports ........... 146 B. Variation within Specific Sports ........................................... 150
1. Swimming ......................................................................... 150 2. Basketball .......................................................................... 152 3. Volleyball .......................................................................... 152 4. Track and Field................................................................. 155
V. Secular Comparisons of Athletes .............................................. 158 VI. Seasonal Changes........................................................................ 163
A. Distance Runners................................................................... 164 B. Basketball Players.................................................................. 165
VII. Disordered Eating ....................................................................... 169 VIII. Summary...................................................................................... 170 References ............................................................................................. 171
Anthropometry has a long tradition in physical anthropology and physical education.
