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Morphological Characteristics of Adult Male Handball Players Considering Five Levels of Performance and Playing Position
Luís Massuça
; 1 Technical University of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2 Lusófona University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Lisbon, Portugal, 3 Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security, ICPOL, Lisbon, Portugal
Isabel Fragoso
; Technical University of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Lisbon, Portugal
Sažetak
This study aims 1- to describe and compare the anthropometric characteristics of male handball players from different
levels of performance, and 2- to identify the morphological variables that allow differentiation of the level of performance
for each individual playing position. A total of 212 male handball players (age, 23.6±5.2 years) were included in this study,
and divided into fi ve levels of performance for comparison. The playing position of each player was recorded. All participants
were tested during the 2008–2009 Portuguese handball season. Twenty-eight anthropometric measures were taken
by a group of anthropometrics accredited by International Society of the Advance of Kinanthropometry. Body composition,
fat mass and muscle mass were calculated from the equations proposed by Faulkner26, Yuhasz28, Durnin and Womersley25,
Jackson and Pollock29, Matiegka33, Heymsfi eld, McManus, Smith, Stevens and Nixon34, Martin, Spenst, Drinkwater and
Clarys21, Doupe, Martin, Searle, Kriellaars and Giesbrecht35 and Lee, Wang, Heo, Ross, Janssen and Heymsfi eld36. The
research fi ndings showed that the morphological optimization is important to have success in handball.
Ključne riječi
anthropometrics; body composition; handball; performance; success
Hrčak ID:
147697
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Datum izdavanja:
30.3.2015.
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