علاقة بعض مؤشرات القلب المورفولوجية بمؤشر كتلة الجسم (BMI)‎

Abstract EN

The research aims to identify the relationship between some of the cardiac indices (the size of the left ventricle and the length, width, and efficiency of the heart) with the body mass index.

The research problem indicated that upgrading the functional concepts and finding relationships between them, in addition to shedding light on them, which would lead undoubtedly to open new horizons to many researchers on one hand, and use ideally for those concepts on the other hand, as evaluating one of the functional variables through using another functional variable would bring more accurate dimensions on the variables.

The methodology which was appropriate for the research was determined, which was the descriptive approach.

The research sample consisted of 5 players from the Iraqi national team (three swimmers, one judo player, and one squash player).

The measurement of the research variables was conducted by adopting the law of body mass index, in addition to the device of measuring the cardiac indices, which was the Echocardiography device and the instruments used to collect the information; the researcher used SPSS software for processing the data.

The results of the research was reviewed, analyzed and discussed for the research sample as the results showed that there was a significant relationship between the cardiac indices and the body mass index.