Analysis of the Relationship between Proprioceptive Sensory Functions and Body Mass Index Parameters of Football and Volleyball Players

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between proprioceptive sensory functions and body mass index parameters of football and volleyball players. 16 male football players and 16 male volleyball players, whose average age was 21,4 years, voluntarily participated in this research. In this study, body mass indexes (BMI) were figured out by measuring height and body weight (BW) and proprioceptive sense functions were measured by using TechnoBody PK-252 isokinetic balance system measurement device. Balance parameters were recorded as stability index (SI), average force variance (AFV) and average track error (ATE). In the study findings, it was observed that there was no meaningful correlation between the parameters for football players, though there was a negative meaningful correlation between BW and BMI values and ATE and SI values for volleyball players (p<0,05). Although there was not a difference between research groups' proprioceptive sense functions and BMI values, there was a meaningful difference between groups' body height and BW values in the course of comparing the groups. According to these results, it could be said that there was a correlation between some anthropometric data (BW, BMI) and proprioceptive sense functions. However, it is considered that the number of similar studies should be increased in order to reach a final judgement.