What is it about?
Since the human voice characteristics are specific to each individual, numerous anthropological studies have been oriented to find significant relationships between voice and morpho-functional characteristics. The goal of this study was to identify the correlation between seven morpho-functional variables and six voice acoustic parameters to sportsmen.
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Why is it important?
The present study indicates significant correlations between measured voice acoustic and morpho-functional parameters. In the cybernetic aspect, the human organism operates as a multidimensional system comprising many subsystems, strongly interrelated with each other. Good or weak function of one subsystem interferes with the functioning of other subsystems. This strong correlation between the subsystems of an organism has encouraged scientists to predict, on the basis of some morpho-functional parameters, the respective morpho-functional variables, such as body height, VO2max (maximal oxygen uptake), explosive power, age, puberty stages, etc. Significant correlations between three voice acoustic parameters (Mean Pitch, Min. Pitch, and Max. Pitch) and morpho-functional variables (body Height, body Weight, Margaria-Kalamen Power Test, Sargent Jump Test, Pull-up Test, and VO2max.abs) hypothetically allow to explore the possibilities to predict the criterion (dependent) variables. In the case of this research, the criterion (dependent) variable may be one of the variables that present explosive power, such as Margaria-Kalamen Power Test or Sargent Jump Test.
Perspectives
The results of the present study may determine the goals of upcoming research: – Investigation is encouraged of the possibility to predict sportsmen’s functional abilities on the basis of their voice acoustic parameters. – The clustering of the measured variables will motivate the study of their latent structure. – In order to gain more information on the relationship between voice acoustic features and morpho-func tional features it is required to expand the list of measured variables.
PhD Agron M Rexhepi
Institute of Sports Anthropology
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This page is a summary of: Correlations between Sportsmen’s Morpho-Functional Measurements and Voice Acoustic Variables, Human Movement, January 2016, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.,
DOI: 10.1515/humo-2016-0028.
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