Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2016
Anthropometric characteristics, somatotyping and Body composition of Handball and basketball Players
Mahesh B Devarmani
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The purpose of the study was to compare the anthropometric characteristics and somatotype of the Karnataka University Dharwad, male basketball players and Handball players. Sixty sportspersons (Handball=30 and basketball=30) of age group 18–25 years were selected from different colleges affiliated to Karnataka University Dharwad, Karnataka, India. All the participants’ were assessed for height, weight, eadths, girths and skin fold thickness. An independent samples t–test revealed that basketball players had significantly higher height (p<0.01), weight (p<0.01) and body surface area (p<0.01) as compared to Handball players. The basketball players were also found to have significantly greater biceps (p<0.01) and supra iliac (p<0.01) skin fold thicknesses, calf circumference (p<0.05), percent body fat (p<0.01), total body fat (p<0.01), fat free mass (p<0.05) and endomorphic component (p<0.05) as compared to Handball players. Handball players had significantly greater body density (p<0.01) as compared to basketball players.
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Mahesh B Devarmani Anthropometric characteristics, somatotyping and
Body composition of Handball and basketball
Players Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 2 February 2016
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