SOMATOTYPE AND SOMATOTYPING
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Content by J.E. Lindsay Carter
History: The biographies and contributions of four main innovators in somatotype methodology are summarized: W.H. Sheldon, R.W. Parnell, B.H. Heath Roll, and J.E.L. Carter.
Methods: Details of the Heath-Carter somatotype method are presented in three sections:
1.The Heath-Carter Anthropometric Somatotype;
2. Somatotype Analysis; and
3.Equations for Somatotype Analysis. References and examples are included.
Bibliographies: Two bibliographies are included. The first contains the somatotype literature from 1938-1989, and the second contains literature from 1990 to the present. The latter will be updated on a regular basis.
Somatotype data: This section is in development and will contain data from previous studies formatted as "somatotype documents" for use in the program "Somatotype 1.1" by Sweat Technologies. Descriptions are provided of the sample details. These files may be used for demonstration or for comparisons with other data. Files will be added periodically.
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