BIOMETRY

Contents of education [56 lessons]:

1. Introduction, basic terms, development of motor activity in man, the system of

sciences on motor activity of man.
2. General characteristics of motor activity. Historical and prognostic analysis of motor
activity. Types of motor activity of man. Motor activity control.
3. Methods of functional antropology. Standardized antropometry. Methods of thickness
of skinfold measurement. Special methods. Other methods.
4. Functioning of body weight. Body composition. Methods of evaluation of body
composition. Denzitometry. Hydrometry. Biophysical methods. Biochemical methods.
Using a caliper. Distribution of body weight. Fat. Active body weight.
5. Variability of body composition of a man and typology. History of typology. Sheldon
and his ancestors. Adaptation according to Heath-Carter 1967. Blažek´s method.
6. Basic terms from genetics.Somatic development – division of human age as to
motorics.
7. Ontogenesis of human motoricity. Motor development of a man. Development of
prerequisits for movement – skills and abilities. Motor learning
8. Testing the abilities and skillls. UNIFITTEST, EUROFITTEST and other test
batteries.
9. Biological age. Growth age. Teeth age. Bone age. Age according to secondary signs
(developmental age).
10. Stability and predictability of development. Body height assessment. Developmental
stability of motor performance.
11. Body posture. Assessment methods.
12. Influence of motor activity on physical development.
13. Morphological-functional relations. Model characteristics of sportsman´s body.
Quantification of morphological-functional relations.
14. Evaluation of optimal weight.
15. Most frequently used functional measurements. Load tests. Measurement of lungs
´volumes. Blood pressure evaluation. Dynamometry – muscle strength measurement.
16. Motor performance and fitness. Development of motor perfiormance in sports and
fitness in children and youth. Secular trends. Functional tests. Motor tests.
17. Methods of evaluation of the effectivity of physical education and sports process. Hart
rate measurement, physiological curve, calorimetry, symptoms of tiredness
measurement method,
18. Sports metrology. Various scales of measurement of skills and abilities.
19. Adapted physical education. The opinions and stands on sports of individual groups of
the physically disabled living in an innstitunionalised environment. Inborn handicap
and motion activities.