Adolescents
Age at menarche and anthropometric variables: A study among Rajbanshi adolescent’s girl
By: ANTARA BOSE, ARGINA KHATUN – The onset of an adolescent’s period is accompanied by physiological, emotional, and behavioral changes that signal the beginning of menarche in females. Menarche is a significant developmental milestone. This study examines the relationship between menstrual onset and height, weight, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), thigh circumference (TC), body…
Impact of Age and Sex on Self-esteem among Visually and Locomotor Disabled Adolescents in Manipur
By: NAMEIRAKPAM BINO DEVI, RABIKANTA T. SINGH – Self-esteem is the summary judgement on one’s personal value, system and standards as self-worth, self-respect, self-acceptance, self-regard, self-feeling and self-evaluation. It is a component of personality and relationship between one’s real life and ideal life. Studies of age and sex difference on self-esteem during the onset of…
The adolescent basketball player: the importance of some anthropometric characteristics for speed, resistance, power and agility
By: ALBERTO VIGO, FRANCO VIVIANI – Given the paucity of data in relevant literature on the relationships existing between anthropometry and performance in adolescent basketball players (BP), we investigated on 64 adolescent BP aged 13/17 years old belonging to two provincial and élite Italian teams. They were subdivided into under-14 (U-14) and under-17 (U-17) subjects.…