ARTICLE –
abstractCorrelation
of femoral shaft length and tibia length with the performance of
athletes
in speed, agility and strength harma Abhishek1, Malhotra Deepak1, K.G. Davinder2, Mohd. Waseem3, Sharma Rajiv4
1Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi, India
2Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy, Delhi, India
3Guru Harkrishan Hospital, Delhi, India
4Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India
Abstract
The
objective of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation
of femoral shaft length and tibia length with the performance of
athletes in speed, agility and strength.
Material and Method. 100
players were volunteered to participate in study which were divided in
5 groups of 20 athletes each of 5 groups of different sports. Each
athlete was tested for his performance in speed by 30m dash test, in
agility by Quadrant jump test and his lower limb strength by triple hop
distance. Result. There was a correlation of femoral shaft length with
the performance in speed but there was no correlation of with the
performance in agility and strength. There was no correlation of tibia
length with any of the performances either.
Conclusion. The
performance of athlete cannot be determined by only evaluating him by
his height or body segment length. There are many other factors which
play major roles in deciding his performance.
Key
words:speed, agility, strength, performance, correlation
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Correlation of femoral shaft length and tibia length with the performance of athletes in speed, agility and strength
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