Relationship Between Anthropometric Parameters and Jumping Ability Among Male Undergraduate College Students – A Cross Sectional Study

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abstract

  • Background: Vertical Jump (VJ) is a key skill for many athletes. Whether its basketball, volleyball,
    football or tennis, it is very important in many sports. There are very limited studies on the topic and those
    available are mainly conducted on sports specific events and athletes. In this study, the subjects selected
    were non-sports healthy individuals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between
    anthropometric parameters and jumping ability among undergraduate college students.
    Method: Undergraduate college students (n=62) aged between 18-25 years were included in the study.
    Twenty six parameters of International Society for Advancement of Kineanthropometry(ISAK) were selected
    along with lower limb Manual Muscle Testing(MMT) and Range Of Motion(ROM) prior to the study. The
    participants were evaluated for their jumping ability. Data was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation .Level
    of significance was set at p <0.05.
    Result: Out of the 58 parameters, 1 parameter showed excellent negative correlation (weight), 17 parameters
    showed good negative correlation, 12 parameters showed moderate correlation, 16 parameters showed poor
    negative correlation and 12 parameters showed poor positive correlation.
    Conclusion: There exist a significant relationship between the anthropometric parameters and jumping
    ability. The most significant parameter affecting jumping height was found to be Weight, which gave an
    excellent negative correlation and the other parameter were muscle girth and skin fold

publication date

  • 2020

keywords

  • Orthopaedic Physiotherapy ,Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences, Sports Physiotherapy Exercise Therapy, Manual Therapy

start page

  • 124

end page

  • 127

volume

  • 14(1)