[The Brazilian volleyball juvenile female team and its dermatoglyphic characteristics].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the dermatoglypical caracteristics by the digital impressions.


METHODS
The study was descriptive and 19 female athletics were included. They were 15.9 +/- 0.36 years old, there weight was 67.4 +/- 8.73kg, and thad 181.6 +/- 6.11cm, from the juvenile 2004 Brazilian voleybol juvenile selection team. The Cummins & Midlo (1942), method was used to identify the dermatoglyphical caracteristics by the digital impressions from 10 hand digits of athletes.


RESULTS
The study showed the following model of digital impressions: A = 0.42 +/- 0.69; L = 6.89 +/- 2.89; W = 2.74 +/- 3.14; D10 = 12.32 +/- 3.51 e SQTL = 119.37 +/- 28.99.


CONCLUSIONS
The present study confirmed that the dermatoglyphical characteristics of the female voleybol athletes of the juvenile Brazilian team are similar to that of the adult male team. Its necessary to compare these data with the adult female voley team, in order to stablish parameters to evaluate the potencial of future athletes.
Cabral
Suzet de Araújo Tinôco
Sde A
Ciências da Saúde do PPGCSa-UFRN. suzet@ufrnet.br
Barbosa
Fernando Policarpo
FP
Cabral
Breno Guilherme de Araújo T
BG
Knackfuss
Maria Irany
MI
de Medeiros
Humberto Jefferson
HJ
Fernandes Filho
José
J
D000293:Adolescent; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000502:physiology; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000235:genetics; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*