Leg Volume and Mass Scales of Elite Male and Female Athletes in Some Olympic Sports

Abstract

This study aims to scale average leg volume and mass scales of elite male and female athletes in some olympicsports. A total of 280 elite athletes comprising of 200 males and 80 females studying at School of Physical Educationand Sports at University of Kirsehir Ahi Evran voluntarily participated in this study. Frustum and Hanavan methodswere used to determine leg volume and mass, respectively. SPSS 22.0 package program for Windows was used fordescriptive statistics analysis of the study. The present study found average leg volume and mass scale of maleathletes in football, basketball, volleyball, handball, gymnastics and wrestling and female athletes in football,basketball, volleyball, handball, gymnastics, box, taekwondo and tennis. It was observed in the related scale that legvolume of the athletes in the lowest weight classes in weight sports were lower. In other words, leg volume and massof the athletes were in direct proportion to their weight class. When the scale of female athletes is analyzed, it can benoted that volleyball players have the highest leg volume and mass among team sports players.

Skin biomechanical properties and leg volume in aging healthy adults

“…A study of leg volume in elite athletes found that leg volumes increased with weight, in males from 12002 mls at 57–61 kg to 21400 mls at 125 kg in males and for females from 11 000 mls at 48–51 kg to 17 150 mls at 71–75 kg. 18 The current study shows that regardless of sex, leg volume was positively related to body weight (Table 4 ), increasing by around 69 for females and 65 for males with every kg increase in body weight (Table 4 ). The increase in volume in this study is more likely due to additional adiposity rather than muscle (as in elite athletes) or fluid (as found in those with lymphoedema).…”

Body Composition Symmetry in Aircraft Pilots

“…The control group presented in this research 8.99 ± 1.69 kg FFM in the right leg and FFM in the left leg 8.95 ± 1.65 kg, lower values compared to the military personal observed in this investigation. In addition, lower values than male and female athletes were observed, such as in female tennis players, who presented 11.35 ± 0.41 kg FFM in the right leg and 11.05 ± 0.20 kg and FFM in the left leg; basketball players, who showed 11.88 ± 0.68 kg FFM in the right leg versus 11.62 ± 0.93 kg FFM in the left leg; or gymnastics athletes, who showed 14.01 ± 0.46 kg FFM in the right leg and 13.50 ± 0.20 kg in the left leg [42].…”