Vol. 10, No 1, 2012 pp. 13 - 21
UDC 796.2.357.2(540)
Original empirical article
THE RELATION BETWEEN HANDGRIP STRENGTH AND SELECTED HAND-ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES IN INDIAN INTER-UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL PLAYERS
Shyamal Koley, Santhosh Kumaar B.
Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
E-mail: drkoley@yahoo.co.uk
Abstract. The purpose of this study was to estimate the grip strength of the dominant (right) hand and its associations with selected hand-anthropometric variables in Indian inter-university softball players. The study deals with randomly selected 243 Indian inter-university softball players (121 males and 122 females) aged 18–25, from six Indian universities. The research was carried out in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India. An adequate number of controls (n = 200; 98 males and 102 females) were also taken from the same place for comparisons. Three anthropometric variables, viz. height, weight and BMI, six hand-anthropometric variables, viz. the shape index, digit index, 2D:4D ratio, palmar length, palmar width, palmar length/width ratio and right handgrip strength were measured using the following standard techniques. The one-way ANOVA showed significant differences (p ≤ .02 - .000) in all of the studied characteristics, except age, height and palmar length among the male and female Indian inter-university softball players and the controls. Highly significant (p ≤ .000) gender differences were also determined for softball players in all of the studied variables except age, the digit index and the 2D:4D ratio. The right handgrip strength has significantly positive correlations (p≤ .03- .000) with all of the studied variables.
Key words: hand-anthropometric variables; handgrip strength
POVEZANOST SNAGE STISKA ŠAKE SA ODABRANIM ANTROPOMETRIJSKIM VARIJABLAMA ŠAKE KOD INDIJSKIH UNIVERZITETSKIM IGRAČA SOFTBOLA
Ciljevi istraživanja bili su procena snage stiska dominantne šake (desne) i povezanost utvrđene snage sa odabranim antropometrijskim varijablama šake kod Indijskih univerzitetskih igrača softbola. Nasumičnom selekcijom izabrano je 243 igrača oba pola (121 muškog i 122 ženskog pola), starosti između 18-25 godina, sa šest Indijskih Univerziteta. Istraživanje je sprovedeno na Univerzitetu Guru Nanak Dev, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Odgovarajući broj ispitanika kontrolnog subuzorka (n = 200; 98 muškog i 102 ženskog pola) služio je za upoređenje rezultata. Tri antropometrijske varijable, tj., visina, težina i BMI, šest antropometrijskih varijabli šake, tj., oblik šake, kažiprst, 2D: 4D odnos, dužina dlana, širina dlana, odnos dužine/širine dlana i snage stiska desne šake, merene su primenom standardnih tehnika. Analiza varijanse (One way ANOVA) pokazala je značajne razlike (p ≤ .02 - .000) u svim istraživanim varijablama, osim kod starosti, visine i i dužine šake ispitanika oba subuzorka i pola. Statistički značajne razlike (p ≤ .000) po polu utvrđene su i kod igrača softbola, osim u varijablama starost, drugi prst (kažiprst) i 2D:4D odnos. Snaga stiska desnom šakom značajno je pozitivno povezana (p≤ .03- .000) sa svim istraživanim varijablama.
Ključne reči: antropometrijske varijable šake; snaga stiska šake
