Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (37): 6689-6694.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.37.024

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Body shape and structure characteristics of national women’s handball team athletes

Chen Hao, He Jiang-chuan   

  1. Institute of Sport and Health Sciences, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning  530006, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2013-04-16 Revised:2013-05-19 Online:2013-09-10 Published:2013-09-10
  • Contact: He Jiang-chuan, Master, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Institute of Sport and Health Sciences, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China hjc111@126.com
  • About author:Chen Hao★, Studying for master’s degree, Institute of Sport and Health Sciences, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China 536471432@qq.com
  • Supported by:

    Research Project of Guangxi Science Experiment Center (China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Studies), No. KT201101-35*

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the physical development potential is often associates with certain combinations of hand print features.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the body shape and structure characteristics of national women’s handball team athletes.
METHODS: Fifty national women’s handball team athletes were collected from Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and Anhui provinces and PLA. The body shapes of the athletes were measured by the Research Institute of National Sports Council, and the hand prints were collected. The common factors of body shape and structure characteristics were analyzed with factor analysis method, including height, weight, forearm length, wrist circumference, hand length, hand width and index finger length and large-handedness index. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The body shape and structure characteristics of national women’s handball team athletes could be divided into four types: long trunk lean type indicator, hand skeleton and muscle fiber development level index, flexible quality indicators as well as the alertness and mental level indicators. The long trunk lean type indicator was the main factor to affect body shape and structure characteristics of national women’s handball team athletes.

Key words: sports medicine, athletes, human body, hand

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