title: [SOMATOTYPE JOINT MOBILITY AND RANGES OF HIP AND KNEE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  several studies indicate a consistency between the physical inactivity and low levels of mobility in hip and knee joint.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to determine the differences in the motion range of the hip and knee joint between the different classifications of somatotype in students of Pedagogy in Physical Education of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, campus Temuco.
  
  
  METHODS
  the sample included 102 physical education students (31.3% female), somatotype was obtained through the protocol of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) and the motion range of the hip and knee joint (ROM) using a universal goniometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the mean somatotype was endo-mesomorphic (4.8 - 3.4 - 2) for the women and meso-endomorphic (3.5 - 5.7 - 2) for the males, while the ROM evaluation indicated that the 50% of the students presented mobility values of joint lower than the normal ones. Furthermore, the endo-mesomorphic women showed lower ROM values of medial rotation of the right hip (45.5 ° ± 10.2 °; P = 0.0125, t = 2.732) and left hip side rotation (41.7 ° ± 10.3 °; P = 0.0256; p = 2.402) than the women meso-endomorphic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results shows a relationship between the somatotype and hip ROM in the women, showing that in the women the most favorable results of joint mobility are related with a greater muscle mass. In contrasts, no significant differences were observed in men. It is important to encourage the development of joint mobility exercises according to the specific needs of each sex.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Godoy-Cumillaf
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Actividad Física y Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdés-Badilla
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García Sandoval
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grandón Fuentes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lagos Del Canto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aravena Turra
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH. Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Herrera-Valenzuela
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. andres.godoy@uautonoma.cl.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bruneau Chavez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durán Agüero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D007717:Knee / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D013008:Somatotypes / Q000502:physiology*; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult