ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 1 • 2010 • 2 91 EDITORIAL We are delighted to offer you the second issue of the journal Annales Kinesiolo- giae, to read and to critically review some very interesting considerations and research achievements. These are provoking a number of new questions and further research challenges as it is usual in an unstable and dynamic research area. Since we wanted to study the problematic, areas and means of research in the ki- nesiometrics in its origin, a contribution from the very beginner and the founder of the American Association for Kinesiometrics, prof. Zhu, is more than an adequate intro- duction to the following issue of the journal. Views on the problems of measurement in kinesiology and researching of new theoretical and practical models of measurement are offered by the co-founder of European Forum for Kinesiometrics, prof. Franjo Prot. The article raises important questions whose answers are the foundation and starting point of the modern approach to the research work. It is followed by original scientifi c articles, which on the basis of offered examples and suggested solutions in the context of the fundamental problems of measurement and research, are discussing different areas and groups that kinesiology regularly researches. As kinesiometrics presents a core of the kinesiology, where methods of measure- ment, mathematical modeling, applied stochastic approach and related statistical meth- ods are essential for scientifi c progress, it seems to us that it is particularly important to discuss this area at the very starting point of the new scientifi c journal. The use of appropriate formal models in the study of kinesiology problems has a signifi cant impact on application and measurement of theoretical concepts, as are mo- toric abilities (speed, coordination, power, etc.) and motoric learning, etc. Quantitative methodology offers a number of general, on concepts based modeled approaches as well as several separated methods, suitable for solving such partial research problems. Their contribution in terms of quality diagnostics and measurement, particularly their reliability and validity is important for immediate use in practice. The nature of scientifi c laws in kinesiology and the relation and connection be- tween the phenomenon of human movement, undoubtedly require multidimensional treatment. And just kinesiometrics which is a placed among interdisciplinary and in- tegrative approaches in researching their own science, exceeds itself in the problem handling and trough basic statistical applications follows the course of interdisciplinary parallel scientifi c branches, such as physiology, metabolism, biometrics, biomechanics, psychometrics, sociometrics, discoveries in the fi elds of elite sport and rehabilitation, evaluation of human health throughout life, technology development, etc. ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 1 • 2010 • 2 92 Believing that the meaning of discussed areas and issues that scientifi c works offer are really a starting point for the kinesiology science, we leave them to your judgment. At the same time we open further argumentation with many unanswered questions. Koper, 20th December 2010 Prof. dr. Rado Pišot (Chief Editor) ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 1 • 2010 • 2 93 UVODNIK V veselje nam je, da vam lahko tudi ob izidu druge številke Annales Kinesiologiae ponudimo v branje in kritično presojo nekaj izredno zanimivih razmišljanj in razisko- valnih ugotovitev. Ta, kot običajno v nestabilnem in dinamičnem raziskovalnem pro- storu, provocirajo številna nova vprašanja in nadaljnje izzive raziskovanja. Ker smo problematiko, področja in sredstva preučevanja Kineziometrije želeli pre- učiti v svojih izhodiščih nam prispevek samega začetnika in ustanovitelja ameriškega združenja za kineziometrijo, prof . Zhuja, pomeni več kot ustrezen uvod v naslednjo številko revije. Pogled, ki ga na probleme merjenja v kineziologiji ter raziskovanje novih teoretičnih in uporabnih modelov merjenja, v nadaljevanju ponuja soustanovitelj evropskega foruma za Kineziometrijo, prof. Franjo Prot pa odpira pomembna vpraša- nja, katerih odgovori so temelj in izhodišče sodobnega pristopa k raziskovalnem delu. Sledijo izvirni znanstveni prispevki, kateri na osnovi ponujenih primerov in predlaga- nih rešitev v okviru temeljnih problemov merjenja in raziskovanja obravnavajo različ- na področja in skupine, ki jih kineziologija redno preučuje. Ker kineziometrija predstavlja jedro kineziologije, kjer so metode merjenja, mate- matičnega modeliranja, aplikativni stohastični pristop in sorodne statistične metode, nepogrešljive za znanstveni napredek se nam je zdelo še posebej pomembno obravna- vati to področje v samih izhodiščih nove znanstvene revije. Uporaba primernih formalnih modelov v preučevanju kinezioloških vprašanj in pro- blemov ima izrazit vpliv na aplikacijo in merjenje teoretičnih konceptov kot motoričnih sposobnosti (hitrosti, koordinacije, moči, itd.), motoričnega učenja, itd. Kvantitativna metodologija ponuja več splošnih na konceptih temelječih, modeliranih pristopih kot tudi več ločenih metod primernih za reševanje tako parcialnih raziskovalnih proble- mov. Njihov doprinos z vidika kakovostne diagnostike in merjenja, posebno njihova zanesljivost in veljavnosti je pomembna za takojšno uporabo v praksi. Narava znanstvenih zakonitosti v kineziologiji ter razmerja in povezave med feno- menom človekovega gibanja, nedvomno zahtevajo multidimenzionalno obravnavo. In ravno Kineziometrija, ki se umešča med interdisciplinarne in integrativne pristope v preučevanju lastne znanosti, v obravnavi problema presega sama sebe in preko osnov- nih statističnih aplikacij sledi toku interdisciplinarnih vzporednih znanstvenih vej kot so fi ziologija, metabolizem, biometrija, biomehanika, psihometrija, sociometrija, do- gnanja s področij elitnega športa in rehabilitacije, evalvacije človekovega zdravja skozi življenjsko dobo, razvoj tehnologije, itd. ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 1 • 2010 • 2 94 V prepričanju, da je pomen obravnavanih področji in vprašanj, ki jih ponujajo znan- stvena dela res izhodiščni za kineziološko znanost vam jih ponujamo v presojo. Hkrati pa s številnimi neodgovorjenimi vprašanji odpiramo nadaljnje argumentiranje. Koper, 20. december 2010 Prof. dr. Rado Pišot (Glavni in odgovorni urednik)