Table 1.
Anthropometric, Body Compositions and Hand-Grip strength characteristics.
| Variable | Total sample (n = 15) |
Right Players (n = 7) |
Left Players (n = 8) |
Roles differences |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | F(1, 13) | P | |
| Age [year] | 26.66 (11.84) | 29.31 (13.26) | 24.30 (10.83) | 0.65 | 0.435 |
| Weight [kg] | 71.6 (12.51) | 70.93 (11.43) | 72.19 (14.15) | 0.04 | 0.854 |
| Height [cm] | 173.13 (7.63) | 174.19 (7.71) | 172.21 (7.97) | 0.24 | 0.635 |
| leg length [cm] | 53.9 (4.3) | 121.19 (5.04) | 117.53 (4.63) | 2.15 | 0.166 |
| Trunk Height [cm] | 119.23 (5.02) | 53.00 (3.11) | 54.69 (5.22) | 0.56 | 0.469 |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 23.73 (2.66) | 23.23 (1.89) | 24.17 (3.25) | 0.45 | 0.514 |
| R [Ω] | 426.21 (49.46) | 436.29 (50.8) | 417.4 (49.89) | 0.53 | 0.481 |
| Xc [Ω] | 55.75 (6.36) | 56.14 (6.75) | 55.41 (6.45) | 0.05 | 0.834 |
| PhA | 7.43 (0.49) | 7.30 (0.42) | 7.54 (0.54) | 0.88 | 0.364 |
| Arm stretch. [cm] | 28.18 (3.36) | 27.57 (3.30) | 28.71 (3.54) | 0.41 | 0.532 |
| Arm contract. [cm] | 31.03 (3.45) | 30.93 (3.76) | 31.11 (3.41) | 0.01 | 0.922 |
| Calf circum. [cm] | 35.69 (2.24) | 34.96 (2.38) | 36.33 (2.05) | 1.44 | 0.252 |
| Thigh circum. [cm] | 50.75 (4.65) | 51.21 (4.41) | 50.35 (5.12) | 0.12 | 0.734 |
| Waist circum. [cm] | 76.31 (7.7) | 75.10 (7.06) | 77.38 (8.56) | 0.31 | 0.587 |
| Pelvis circum. [cm] | 93.31 (6.37) | 92.14 (5.92) | 94.34 (6.96) | 0.43 | 0.526 |
| Humeral diam. [cm] | 6.41 (0.38) | 6.44 (0.44) | 6.39 (0.35) | 0.07 | 0.788 |
| Femural diam. [cm] | 9.53 (0.52) | 9.61 (0.55) | 9.46 (0.52) | 0.3 | 0.592 |
| Biceps SK [mm] | 4.73 (1.68) | 4.64 (1.49) | 4.81 (1.93) | 0.03# | 0.953 |
| Triceps SK [mm] | 10.93 (3.09) | 11.36 (3.57) | 10.56 (2.8) | 0.23 | 0.637 |
| Subscap SK [mm] | 10.83 (3.55) | 9.86 (2.48) | 11.69 (4.27) | 0.33# | 0.563 |
| Supra-iliac SK [mm] | 10.53 (3.68) | 9.71 (1.60) | 8.88 (3.64) | 0.40# | 0.524 |
| Supraspinal SK [mm] | 8.4 (2.59) | 9.43 (2.88) | 9.88 (4.70) | 0.05 | 0.831 |
| Calf med. SK [mm] | 9.73 (4.1) | 10.14 (3.89) | 9.38 (4.50) | 0.12 | 0.731 |
| Calf lat. SK [mm] | 10.07 (3.28) | 10.43 (3.21) | 9.75 (3.54) | 0.15 | 0.705 |
| Thigh SK [mm] | 13.9 (3.34) | 14.64 (3.4) | 13.25 (3.37) | 0.63 | 0.441 |
| FM arm left [kg] | 1.04 (0.83) | 0.86 (0.24) | 1.20 (1.13) | 0.59 | 0.458 |
| FM arm right [kg] | 1.02 (0.69) | 0.87 (0.26) | 1.16 (0.92) | 0.65 | 0.434 |
| FM thorax [kg] | 7.04 (2.3) | 7.09 (1.69) | 7.00 (2.85) | 0.01 | 0.941 |
| FM leg left [kg] | 3.14 (0.78) | 3.27 (0.89) | 3.02 (0.71) | 0.37 | 0.553 |
| FM leg right [kg] | 3.23 (0.78) | 3.31 (0.82) | 3.15 (0.79) | 0.13 | 0.72 |
| FM total [kg] | 16.69 (4.8) | 16.62 (3.49) | 16.75 (5.97) | 0 | 0.959 |
| %FM arm left | 23.17 (6.9) | 21.91 (1.85) | 24.26 (9.46) | 0.01# | 0.91 |
| %FM arm right | 21.93 (6.05) | 20.96 (2.51) | 22.77 (8.13) | 0.01# | 0.91 |
| %FM thorax | 22.05 (3.54) | 22.30 (2.69) | 21.83 (4.32) | 0.06 | 0.81 |
| %FM leg left | 24.81 (3.77) | 26.14 (4.25) | 23.65 (3.10) | 1.72 | 0.21 |
| %FM leg right | 24.83 (3.53) | 25.66 (3.61) | 24.10 (3.53) | 0.71 | 0.41 |
| %FM total | 23.49 (3.25) | 23.77 (2.51) | 23.25 (3.95) | 0.09 | 0.77 |
| FFM arm left [kg] | 2.98 (0.81) | 2.92 (0.81) | 3.03 (0.86) | 0.06 | 0.809 |
| FFM arm right [kg] | 3.21 (0.79) | 3.08 (0.80) | 3.32 (0.82) | 0.34 | 0.567 |
| FFM thorax [kg] | 23.58 (3.57) | 23.69 (3.11) | 23.49 (4.14) | 0.01 | 0.92 |
| FFM leg left [kg] | 13.88 (19.33) | 8.61 (1.37) | 8.49 (26.34) | 0.97 | 0.342 |
| FFM leg right [kg] | 9.17 (1.39) | 8.99 (1.54) | 9.32 (1.33) | 0.21 | 0.657 |
| FFM total [kg] | 50.75 (7.65) | 50.24 (7.52) | 51.20 (8.25) | 0.05 | 0.82 |
Note: n, number of observations; SD, standard deviation; min, minimal value; max, maximal value; F, Snedecor-Fisher test value; P, p-value; R, resistance; Xc, reactance; PhA, phase angle; stretch., stretched; contract., contracted; circum., circumference; diam., diameter; SK, skinfold; med., medial; lat., lateral; FM, fat mass; FFM, fat-free mass; #, the parametric comparison was assessed on a logarithm transformed variable.