Gallardo SA, Rodríguez HE, O Relly ND, Estupiñán RN

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Divers as premise must present an excellent physical condition, to develop under adverse situations of high pressures (hyperbaric conditions) and great depths.
Objective: To determine the risk factors in divers of the province of Matanzas from the assessment of the somatotype.
Methods: Applied and descriptive transversal research, quantitative. The methods selected to fulfill the objectives proposed in the research are those of the theoretical level (analytical - synthetic, Inductive - deductive and the historical - logical) and empirically, the measurement, which was used for the determination of the somatotype by the anthropometric method of Heath-Carter.
Results: Sample investigated presents an age of 40.29 years, 172.37 cm of height and a body weight of 83.47 kg, as average values. The predominant somatotype is mesomorph-endomorphic (represented by 72% of the sample) because it has a predominance in skeletal muscle distribution, followed by relative adiposity. In general, analyzing index of dispersion and average morphogenetic dispersion informs about group homogeneity.
Conclusions: Main risk factors based on the primary components of the somatotype are associated with the endomorph layer, which can precipitate the death of practitioners of the underwater activity investigated. After identifying the risk factors, the nutritional strategies that were derived from the endomorphy and mesomorphy components of the somatotype were defined.