Abstract:
Purpose: Volleyball is an intermittent sport and as the use of the hand is essential in it, hand morphology and functional properties play an important role in its performance. Also, volleyball requires a sustained level of hand prehensile force to maximize control and performance. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of anthropometric characteristics of the upper limb on hand gripe of elite female volleyball players.
Material and Methods: 50 volleyball players (age 12-17 years) volunteered to participate in the present study. A series of anthropometric tests were carried out on each participant including forearm length, arm length, wrist Breadth and arm Breadth, forearm circumference and hand span. For grip strength measurement, digital hand dynamometer was used. Results: The results of the stepwise multiple regression analysis about predictors showed that the most
important basic anthropometric variable was body height (R2×100=31.2%) and BMI , age and hand span were predictors of maximal hand strength. Discussion and Conclusion: In the present study, results indicated body height and BMI were the most important anthropometric variables in junior females. In the other words, taller volleyball players would have
better hand grip strength.
Machine summary:
"Predicting Grip Strength based on Anthropometric Characteristics in Female Junior Volleyball Players Elaheh Faraji1,Fatemeh Sarvari1,Ahmad Ebrahimi Atri1 1Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Received 12 January 2013 Accepted 4 May 2013 Abstract Purpose: Volleyball is an intermittent sport and as the use of the hand is essential in it, hand morphology and functional properties play an important role in its performance.
Discussion and Conclusion: In the present study, results indicated body height and BMI were the most important anthropometric variables in junior females.
com Walker and Sartorio et al explored the influence of anthropometric and body composition variables on handgrip strength in adults and children and stated different results [4,5,6].
Residual cumulative probability Discussion and Conclusion In this study, the influence of upper limb anthropometric variables on hand grip strength was studied in female, elite junior volleyball players.
Nicolay and Walker indicated that hand and forearm sizes generally served as better predictors of grip strength as compared to body height and body mass [5].
Our results did not show the effect of forearm circumference on hand grip strength either confirming the findings of Anakwe, Nicolay and Walker have also statedthat in young females, the best single linear measurement to predict grip force was palm width that is almost similar our findings.
, results from the present study indicated that body height and BMI were more important anthropometric variables in junior females."