A modified somatotype method

American Journal of Physical AnthropologyPublished 1 July 1967

Barbara Honeyman Heath, J. E. Lindsay Carter

Citations532

TL;DR

A new and improved somatotype method with universal application to both sexes, for all ages and which is reproducible, is justified, validated and described and evidence is presented for extension of previous component rating scales.

Abstract

Abstract A new and improved somatotype method with universal application to both sexes, for all ages and which is reproducible, is justified, validated and described. Evidence is presented for extension of previous component rating scales. Data on 844 male and female subjects from selected samples were used to develop and validate anthropometric scales for estimating the Heath component ratings. The definitions and rating procedures for the new somatotype method are presented, with descriptions of the anthropometric somatotype and the combined photoscopic and anthropometric somatotype.

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