Variable anthropological characters (concept of normality and anatomical and / or functional variability): metric and non-metric characters. Main metric characteristics of man, with particular regard to somatometry: anthropometric landmarks and anthropometric measurements (height, weight, diameters and body circumferences). Anthropometric indices: own indices (ie ratios between linear anthropometric measures) and improper (ie, rapport between measurements with different units of measurement: ponder-statural indices). Definition of anthropometric data collection procedures. Overview of statistics, aimed at the elaboration and interpretation of quantifiable results of rehabilitation procedures (descriptive statistics, evaluation of statistically significant differences and correlations). Main non-metric characters of modern man, with particular regard to the discontinuous variants of the skeleton and of the locomotor apparatus; investigations on entesopathies. Techniques for determining body composition: hydrostatic weighing, plicometry, Bioelectrical impedance analysis.
Elements of constitutionalism, with particular attention paid to somatotypes.