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INTRODUCTION
Researchstudiesonthemorphologicaldeterminantsofmotorskillsfall
withinthefieldofinterestofarelativelyyoungdisciplinetermedkinanthro-
pometry.ThenamehasitsrootsintheGreekwordskinein(tomove),an-
thropos(human),andmetrein(tomeasure).Theguideisanauxiliaryma-
terialforconductingpracticalclassesinthefieldofsport.Thecontentof
theguideisintendedtoshowstudentswhatkinanthropometryisasarel-
ativelynewacademicsubject.Itspurposeistoprovideasetofreference
methodsforkinanthropometricdiagnostics.Measurementsareusually
carriedoutusinganthropometricmethodsandthenusedforanalysisin
thecontextoftheeffectsofhumanmovementactivities.
Thepopularityofkinanthropometryisgrowingworldwidewhileitisusedin
manyresearchareas,especiallyinphysicalcultureandmedicaland
healthsciences.Kinanthropometryhasapplicationsinmanyfieldsinclud-
ing,forexample,ergonomics,nutrition,healthcare,andinjuryprevention.
Itsgoalistogainathoroughunderstandingofthefunctioningofthehuman
bodybymeasuringitssize,shape,proportion,andtissuecompositionin
relationtohealth,physicalactivity,andmotorperformance.Withtheanal-
ysisoftherelationshipbetweenmorphologicalstructureandmotoreffects,
kinanthropometrycontributessignificantlytooptimizingthetrainingofath-
letesbyreducingtheriskofinjuryanddevelopmentofappropriatethera-
peuticstrategies.Studiesconductedinchildrenprovideadditionaloppor-
tunitiestoidentify,intheearlystagesofhumandevelopment,theirsports
potential,whereassimultaneoustrackingofchangesovertimeingroups
ofnon-athletesandathletesmakesitpossibletodeterminetheimpactof
earlysportstrainingonthecourseofdevelopmentandmaturation.The
practicalpartoftheguideisorganizedsothatitwillbeusefulforfuture
coachingwork,independentscientificresearch,andundergraduate,mas-
ter's,ordoctoraltheses.Inallcontent,emphasisisplacedontests,proto-
colsandprocedures,datacollection,dataanalysis,andcorrectinterpreta-
tionofresults.
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