Anthropometric characteristics of young Italian tennis players

Elce, Ausilia; Cardillo, Giuseppe; Ventriglia, Mauro; Giordano, Caterina; Amirante, Francesca; Mazza, Giuliana; Sangiorgio, Armando; Martiniello, Lucia

doi:10.14198/jhse.2017.123.09

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“…Wrestlers were also defined by a lower AL/LEL ratio than that observed in badminton, tennis, and triple jumpers. However, badminton and tennis players were defined by an analogous SH/AL ratio, confirming the previous observations [29,30].…”

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Correlations between Anthropometric Measurements and Sports Discipline Aptitude

2022

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Background: Sports specialization is required for the advancement of elite-level skills of a competitor. Therefore, this study attempted to assess the applicability of anthropometric measurements for a tailored selection of sports disciplines. Methods: The sports disciplines studied in this report were wrestling, triple jumping, badminton, and tennis. The data used in this study were obtained from a PubMed search. Literature-derived data were used as a template to build a random Gaussian population of N = 500 subjects used for ratio calculation using the error propagation approach. The obtained ratios encompassed height/sitting height, height/length, height/arm length, height/waist circumference, height/chest circumference, sitting height/leg length, sitting height/arm length, sitting height/waist circumference, sitting height/chest circumference, arm/leg length, and arm length/forearm length. Results: There is a clear relationship between a sports discipline and the distribution of the anthropometric ratio. The anthropometric measurements of wrestlers are the most outstanding among the disciplines studied. The use of machine learning algorithms, that is, the decision tree classifier, allows for building a model able to distinguish between the disciplines of sports studied. Conclusions: The presented approach allows for selection of a specific sports discipline for a young person. Moreover, an extension of the model built by other sports disciplines and anthropometric measurement may be a practical tool for selecting sports subjects.

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Correlations between Anthropometric Measurements and Sports Discipline Aptitude

2022

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“…Lo anterior muestra, que las fuerzas y cargas generadas durante el tenis, lo transforman en un deporte con altas potencialidades osteogénicas (Elce et al, 2017). De hecho se ha evidenciado, una mayor masa ósea, tanto en la columna vertebral como en el fémur, en tenistas profesionales adultos (Calbet et al, 1998) y en tenistas mujeres adolescentes (Ermin et al, 2012), además tenistas jóvenes muestran niveles de crecimiento estatural que los ubican en los percentiles más altos en su referencia poblacional (Elce et al, 2017). Sin embargo, aún se requieren más estudios en la población de tenistas adolescentes (Kovalchik & Reid, 2017), puesto que esta etapa implica cambios rápidos y significativos en los atributos morfológicos y fisiológicos que pueden afectar el rendimiento físico y el desarrollo orgánico óptimo (Lloyd et al, 2014), más aun teniendo en cuenta el alto interés evaluaciones, tanto las de tipo antropométrico como las físicas, se realizaron entre noviembre y diciembre del 2019.…”

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Determinantes de la masa ósea en tenistas jóvenes chilenos (Determinants of bone mass in young Chilean tennis players)

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Paredes-Arias²,

Vásquez-Gómez

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El estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la relación entre la fuerza muscular y composición corporal con la masa ósea en tenistas jóvenes chilenos. El estudio fue observacional, transversal, con características descriptivas y analíticas. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 51 tenistas jóvenes chilenos de sexo masculino (15.5±0.7 años) que fueron seleccionados de forma no probabilística y por conveniencia. Se midieron variables antropométricas de peso, estatura, estatura sentada, pliegues cutáneos (tríceps, muslo anterior y pierna medial), perímetros (brazo, muslo y pierna), diámetro del fémur y longitud del antebrazo, junto con la fuerza de prensión manual (FPM), lanzamiento de balón medicinal (LBM) y salto con contramovimiento (CMJ). Se calculó el pico de aceleración de la velocidad de crecimiento (APVC), la masa músculo esquelética (MME), el porcentaje de grasa (GC), la densidad mineral ósea (DMO) y contenido mineral óseo (CMO). Los resultados muestran que, en las variables de composición corporal, la MME se asocia mejor a la DMO (R2= 25% p˂0.01) y CMO (R2= 20%; p˂0.01). En las pruebas de fuerza muscular, el CMJ presenta la mejor relación con los indicadores de masa ósea, DMO (R2= 14%; p˂0.01) y CMO (R2= 19%; p˂0.01). Se concluye que la MME es el indicador que muestra mejor relación con la DMO y CMO en los tenistas evaluados, por su parte el CMJ, es la prueba de fuerza muscular que mejor relación muestra con estos indicadores de masa ósea. Palabras clave: desarrollo óseo; fuerza muscular; masa músculo esquelético; adolescentes; tenis. Abstract. The study aimed to analyze the relationship between muscle strength and body composition with bone mass in young Chilean tennis players. The study was observational, cross-sectional, with descriptive and analytical characteristics. The sample consisted of 51 young Chilean male tennis players (15.5±0.7 years old) who were selected non-probabilistically and for convenience. Anthropometric variables of weight, height, sitting height, skinfolds (triceps, anterior thigh, and medial leg), perimeters (arm, thigh, and leg), femur diameter, and forearm length were measured, along with hand grip strength (FPM), medicine ball throw (LBM), and countermovement jump (CMJ). Peak acceleration of growth velocity (APVC), skeletal muscle mass (MME), percentage of fat (GC), bone mineral density (DMO) and bone mineral content (CMO) were calculated. The results show that, in the body composition variables, MME is better associated with DMO (R2= 25% p˂0.01) and CMO (R2= 20%; p˂0.01). In the muscle strength tests, the CMJ presents the best relationship with the indicators of bone mass, DMO (R2= 14%; p˂0.01) and CMO (R2= 19%; p˂0.01). It is concluded that the MME is the indicator that shows the best relationship with DMO and CMO in the evaluated tennis players, while the CMJ is the muscle strength test that shows the best relationship with these indicators of bone mass. Key words: bone development; muscle strength; skeletal muscle mass; young boys; tennis.

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“…Almost all the body muscles are involved in tennis. Many of the muscle actions regarding the lower body are just the same for all the tennis strokes (Ivančević, Jovanović, Đukić, Marković, & Đukić, 2008;Elce et al, 2017;Roeter & Kovacs, 2019). At the same time, they workout evenly and develop rapidly in racing tennis.…”

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Muscle Activation During Forehand and Backhand Drives in the Sport Discipline of Tennis

Koronas¹,

Κουτλιάνος

2021

FU Phys Ed Sport

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Tennis is one of the most popular individual sports all over the world. Strength and trained muscles are required for a player in order to achieve a good backhand, forehand, volley or flat stroke. Especially while playing tennis are many kinds of muscles involved, including the lower body muscles, trunk muscles and upper body muscles. The purpose of this review is to present the activated muscles in the basic tennis movements of forehand and backhand and to improve the knowledge about their role in order to help tennis players and coaches to enhance their tennis performance and to reduce risk of injury. To support the present review, data were gathered from library and network databases using keywords such as tennis, muscles, forehand, and backhand for publications between 2015 and 2019. Overall, thirty-five references were detected and used. The literature showed that forehand and backhand drives are strokes that involve muscles not only of the upper limbs but also a series of more complex movements that start with the feet and end with the swinging of the tennis racket. The insight for the action of the muscles in tennis should be utilized in tennis players so as to better understand the muscular function which takes part in specific tennis movements and has a greater performance. In addition, this knowledge is considered strongly beneficial for the coaches and the favourable building of the training process.

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Anthropometric characteristics of young Italian tennis players

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Correlations between Anthropometric Measurements and Sports Discipline Aptitude

Correlations between Anthropometric Measurements and Sports Discipline Aptitude

Determinantes de la masa ósea en tenistas jóvenes chilenos (Determinants of bone mass in young Chilean tennis players)

Muscle Activation During Forehand and Backhand Drives in the Sport Discipline of Tennis

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