ERIC Number: EJ1188838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 5
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Leg Volume and Mass Scales of Elite Male and Female Athletes in Some Olympic Sports
Var, Sevde Mavi; Marangoz, Irfan
World Journal of Education, v8 n4 p54-58 2018
This study aims to scale average leg volume and mass scales of elite male and female athletes in some olympic sports. A total of 280 elite athletes comprising of 200 males and 80 females studying at School of Physical Education and Sports at University of Kirsehir Ahi Evran voluntarily participated in this study. Frustum and Hanavan methods were used to determine leg volume and mass, respectively. SPSS 22.0 package program for Windows was used for descriptive statistics analysis of the study. The present study found average leg volume and mass scale of male athletes in football, basketball, volleyball, handball, gymnastics and wrestling and female athletes in football, basketball, volleyball, handball, gymnastics, box, taekwondo and tennis. It was observed in the related scale that leg volume of the athletes in the lowest weight classes in weight sports were lower. In other words, leg volume and mass of the athletes were in direct proportion to their weight class. When the scale of female athletes is analyzed, it can be noted that volleyball players have the highest leg volume and mass among team sports players.
Descriptors: Athletes, Body Composition, Human Body, Gender Differences, Body Weight, Females, Males, Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Athletics
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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