Research Centre for the History of Sport and Kinesiology, Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2013;13(3):312-20. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2011.651489. Epub 2012 Mar 1.
In 1972, the term 'kinanthropometry', derived from the Greek words 'kinein' (to move), 'anthropos' (human) and 'metrein' (to measure), was launched in the international, Francophone journal Kinanthropologie by the Canadian William Ross and the Belgians, Marcel Hebbelinck, Bart Van Gheluwe and Marie-Louise Lemmens. The authors defined this neologism as 'the scientific discipline for the study of the size, shape, proportion, scope and composition of the human being and its gross motor functions'. Presenting a theoretical framework for the analysis of the internal social processes of discipline formation - derived from the social history-of-science tradition - this article critically examines whether kinanthropometry was indeed promoted and developed by its community members as a scientific discipline. Therefore, the focus will be on its conceptualisation and positioning within the field of kinanthropology/kinesiology and on its development by a scholarly association, i.e. the International Working Group on Kinanthropometry (IWGK). The strong emphasis of the kinanthropometry community on the standardisation of measurement techniques and its practical and professional application hampered its disciplinary development. Findings of this study could serve as a basis for future 'fundamental' investigations addressing questions of disciplinary development within the field(s) of physical education, kinesiology and sport science(s).
1972 年，术语“人体测量学”由加拿大的威廉·罗斯（William Ross）和比利时人马塞尔·赫贝林克（Marcel Hebbelinck）、巴特·范盖尔鲁韦（Bart Van Gheluwe）和玛丽-路易丝·莱蒙斯（Marie-Louise Lemmens）在国际法语期刊《人体测量学》（Kinanthropologie）中提出，该术语源自希腊语“kinein”（移动）、“anthropos”（人类）和“metrein”（测量）。作者将这个新词定义为“研究人类的大小、形状、比例、范围和组成及其总体运动功能的科学学科”。本文呈现了一个分析学科形成内部社会过程的理论框架——源自科学史的社会传统——批判性地考察了人体测量学是否确实被其社区成员作为一门科学学科来推广和发展。因此，重点将放在它在人体测量学/运动学领域的概念化和定位上，以及它在一个学术协会，即国际人体测量学工作组（IWGK）中的发展。人体测量学社区对测量技术标准化及其实际和专业应用的强烈强调阻碍了其学科发展。这项研究的结果可以为未来的“基础”研究提供依据，这些研究将解决体育教育、运动学和运动科学领域内学科发展的问题。
