Somatotype and Body Composition of Normal and Dysphonic Adult Speakers

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• 作者：Dé ; bora Franco^* ; ^&dagger ; ; ^{debora.franco@hotmail.com} ; Isabel Fragoso^&Dagger ; ; ^§ ; ; Má ; rio Andrea^‖ ; Jú ; lia Teles^&Dagger ; ; ^§ ; ; Fernando Martins^&dagger ; ; ^¶ ;
• 关键词：somatotype ; body composition ; dysphonia ; voice disorders ; voice quality
• 刊名：Journal of Voice
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：31
• 期：1
• 页码：132.e9-132.e21
• 全文大小：621 K
• 卷排序：31

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Voice quality provides information about the anatomical characteristics of the speaker. The patterns of somatotype and body composition can provide essential knowledge to characterize the individuality of voice quality. The aim of this study was to verify if there were significant differences in somatotype and body composition between normal and dysphonic speakers.Study DesignCross-sectional study.MethodsAnthropometric measurements were taken of a sample of 72 adult participants (40 normal speakers and 32 dysphonic speakers) according to International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry standards, which allowed the calculation of endomorphism, mesomorphism, ectomorphism components, body density, body mass index, fat mass, percentage fat, and fat-free mass. Perception and acoustic evaluations as well as nasoendoscopy were used to assign speakers into normal or dysphonic groups.ResultsThere were no significant differences between normal and dysphonic speakers in the mean somatotype attitudinal distance and somatotype dispersion distance (in spite of marginally significant differences [P < 0.10] in somatotype attitudinal distance and somatotype dispersion distance between groups) and in the mean vector of the somatotype components. Furthermore, no significant differences were found between groups concerning the mean of percentage fat, fat mass, fat-free mass, body density, and body mass index after controlling by sex.ConclusionThe findings suggested no significant differences in the somatotype and body composition variables, between normal and dysphonic speakers.