title: [The Brazilian volleyball juvenile female team and its dermatoglyphic characteristics].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ciências da Saúde do PPGCSa-UFRN. suzet@ufrnet.br
authors.forename: Suzet de Araújo Tinôco
authors.initials: Sde A
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Fernando Policarpo
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Breno Guilherme de Araújo T
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Maria Irany
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Knackfuss
authors.forename: Humberto Jefferson
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: de Medeiros
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandes Filho
mesh_terms: 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*