Morfología del jugador de élite de pádel - comparación con otros deportes de raqueta / Morphology of the elite paddle player - comparison with other racket sports

El rendimiento deportivo se encuentra asociado a una óptima morfología del deportista. El pádel que es un deporte que posee gran número de adeptos, necesita de mayor información acerca de los jugadores que lo practican. El objetivo del presente estudio fue describir el somatotipo antropométrico de 48 jugadores de alto rendimiento en pádel. Un análisis de la varianza fue aplicado para hallar diferencias entre categorías de juego y la pruena T-Student para aquellas en función del sexo y el rendimiento deportivo (ganadores y perdedores). Las variables de peso, talla e Índice de Masa Corporal son similares entre las diferentes categorías de jugadores analizados, excepto entre hombres y mujeres. El somatotipo dominante de los jugadores fue meso-endomórfico (3,6 - 6,9 - 1,9 y 4,1 - 5,4 - 3,0; en hombres y mujeres, respectivamente). Las distancias de dispersión del somatotipo muestran diferencias significativas con otros deportes como el squash, bádminton y tenis. Los resultados aportan información relevante para determinar la morfología ideal de los jugadores de pádel, hasta la fecha desconocido.

Athletic performance is associated to an optimal morphology of the athlete. Paddle-tennis is a sport with a large number of followers needing more information about the players who practice it. The aim of this study was to describe the anthropometric somatotype of 48 high-level paddle-tennis players. ANOVA was applied to find differences between categories of the game and a T-Student test for those based on sex and athletic performance (winners and losers). The variables of weight, height and BMI are similar between players of different categories, except between males and females. Dominant somatotype of players was Meso-Endomorphic (3.6 - 6.9 - 1.9 and 4.1 - 5.4 - 3.0; in males and females, respectively). The somatotype dispersion distances show significant differences with other sports such as squash, badminton and tennis. The results provide important information to determine the ideal morphology of paddle-tennis players, so far unknown.

Comparison of somatotypes on 29 ethnic groups in China / 解剖学报

Objective To analyze the characteristics of somatotypes of South Asian type, North Asian type and East Asian type, and to compare the main differences among them. Methods The characteristics of somatotypes among South Asian type, North Asian type and East Asian type in 29 Chinese Mongolian ethnic groups were compared by using the Heath-Carter anthropometric somatotype. The reasons for differences of South Asian type were that North Asian type were analyzed by using principal component analysis. Results The male groups of North Asian type were endomorphic mesomorph and the South Asian types were balanced mesomorph, while the East Asian types differed greatly from each other.The female groups of North Asian types and the East Asian types were mesomorphic endomorph and the South Asian types were endomorphic mesomorph. The somatotypes of East Asian types were similar to North Asian types but were greatly different from South Asian types.Principal components analysis showed that the main differences between South and North of male groups lied first in ectomorphy and then in endomorphy.The differences between female groups of South and North were mainly on endomorphy. Conclusion The ethnic group of North Asian type is higher than South Asian type in endomorphy but lower in ectomorphy.