Discrimination of young women athletes and nonathletes based on anthropometric jumping and muscular strength measures.
The goal was to identify the anthropometric, jumping ability, and muscular strength measures which contributed most to discrimination among young women in track-and-field jumping (n = 20, Jumping group), volleyball (n = 20, Volleyball group), and girls in no activity (n=20, Control group). Using analysis of covariance and discriminant analysis the Jumping group, as compared to the Volleyball group, had smaller elbow breadth, knee breadth, upper arm circumference, proximal-, mid-, and distal-thigh circumferences, sum of skinfolds, and mesomorphy rating, and Jumping athletes showed larger jump height and muscular strength than the Volleyball group. Measures which contributed most to the discrimination between these groups were the distal-thigh circumference and jump height. Results could, to some extent, help training orientation of young women athletes by identifying whatever factors affect the measures indicated here as the most sensitive discriminators.
Rousanoglou
Elissavet
E
Department of Sport Medicine & Biology of Exercise, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. erousan@cc.uoa.gr
Nikolaidou
Maria-Elisavet
ME
Boudolos
Konstantinos
K
D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011287:Prejudice; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*