Predictive ability of anthropometry and maturation parameters
Article Sidebar
Google Scholar citations
Main Article Content
Francis E. Holway
Club Atlético River Plate (Buenos Aires)
Guillermo Guerci
Club Náutico Zárate, Rivadavia y Río Paraná
We aimed to establish which anthropometric and maturity offset parameters correlate
with rowing ergometer performance in a sample of 114 adolescent, rowing-inexperienced
boys and girls. Results showed high correlations between body mass and performance, but
these reduced when body mass was scaled to account for increased on-water drag resistance.
Height, leg length and arm span remained moderately correlated after size-adjustment in boys,
but not in girls. Anthropometric maturity offset showed a high correlation with performance,
but decreased with size-adjustment. Final height estimation revealed that few of these
adolescents would reach the height of elite open-weight competitors.
© 2011 Consell Català de l’Esport. Generalitat de Catalunya. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.
All rights reserved.
with rowing ergometer performance in a sample of 114 adolescent, rowing-inexperienced
boys and girls. Results showed high correlations between body mass and performance, but
these reduced when body mass was scaled to account for increased on-water drag resistance.
Height, leg length and arm span remained moderately correlated after size-adjustment in boys,
but not in girls. Anthropometric maturity offset showed a high correlation with performance,
but decreased with size-adjustment. Final height estimation revealed that few of these
adolescents would reach the height of elite open-weight competitors.
© 2011 Consell Català de l’Esport. Generalitat de Catalunya. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.
All rights reserved.
Article Details
How to Cite
Holway, Francis E.; and Guerci, Guillermo. “Predictive ability of anthropometry and maturation parameters”. Apunts: Medicina de l’esport, vol.VOL 47, no. 175, pp. 99-104, https://raco.cat/index.php/Apunts/article/view/258820.
Author Biography
Francis E. Holway, Club Atlético River Plate (Buenos Aires)
Departamento de Medicina Aplicada a los DeportesMost read articles by the same author(s)
- Francis E. Holway, Mariano Seara, Cineantropometría de jugadores juveniles varones campeones mundiales de hockey sobre hierba , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: 2011: Vol.: 46 Núm.: 172
- Francis E. Holway, Guillermo Guerci, Capacidad predictiva de los parámetros antropométricos , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: Vol. 47 No. 175 (2012)
- Francis E. Holway, Mariano Seara, Kinanthropometry of world champion junior male field hockey players , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: 2011: Vol.: 46 Núm.: 172
- Francis E. Holway, Mariano Seara, Cineantropometria dels jugadors juvenils campions mundials d’hoquei , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: 2011: Vol.: 46 Núm.: 172
- Francis E. Holway, Bibiana Biondi, Karen Cámera, Fernando Gioia, Ingesta nutricional en jugadores adolescentes de fútbol de elite en Argentina , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: 2011: Vol.: 46 Núm.: 170
- Francis E. Holway, Guillermo Guerci, Capacitat predictiva dels paràmetres antropomètrics , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: Vol. 47 No. 175 (2012)
- Francis E. Holway, Bibiana Biondi, Karen Cámera, Fernando Gioia, Nutritional intake of adolescent elite soccer players in Argentina , Apunts: Medicina de l'esport: 2011: Vol.: 46 Núm.: 170