Table 1. Parameters of phalangeal and metacarpal bones belonging to right hands of male judo players and sedentary men. Data expressed as the mean (ąSEM).
 

 

Volume Ratio (%)

Surface Area Ratio (%)

Length Ratio (%)

   

Judo

Sedentary

Judo

Sedentary

Judo

Sedentary

Thumb
(Digitus pirimus)

Proximal

71.5 (.8)

70.2 (.9)

65.9 (.7)

64.1 (.7)

59.5 (.8)

57.3 (.4) *

Distal

28.5 (.7)

29.8 (.7)

34.1 (.6)

35.9 (.8)

40.5 (.4)

42.7 (.6) *

Fore finger
(Digitus secundus)

Proximal

66.7 (.7) *

68.9 (.8) *

58.3 (.6) *

60.7 (.5) *

50.7 (.8)

49.5 (.9)

Middle

24.7 (.8)

23.0 (.7)

28.4 (.8) *

26.4 (.6)*

30.5 (.5)

28.8 (.8) *

Distal

8.6 (.9)

8.1 (.7)

13.3 (.5)

12.9 (.6)

18.8 (.6)*

21.7 (.6) *

Middle finger
(Digitus tertius)

Proximal

62.5 (.7) *

65.4 (.5) *

55.3 (.6) *

60.2 (.6) *

50.0 (.6) *

48.5 (.5) *

Medial

28.8 (.7) *

25.6 (.8) *

31.5 (.6) *

27.3 (.7) *

31.7 (.6)

31.8 (.6)

Distal

8.7 (.4)

9.0 (.6)

13.2 (.6)

12.5 (.6)

18.3 (.8)

19.6 (.8)

Ring finger
(Digitus quartus)

Proximal

60.1 (.8) *

57.4 (.7) *

52.8 (.8) *

56.1 (.8) *

48.1 (.7)

46.8 (.8)

Middle

30.7 (.7)

32.1 (.8)

33.3 (.6) *

29.5 (.7) *

32.9 (.6) *

31.2 (.7) *

Distal

9.2 (.7)

10.4 (.4)

14.0 (.8)

14.4 (.6)

19.0 (.8) *

22.0 (.7) *

Little finger
(Digitus quintus)

Proximal

60.6 (.8)

61.9 (.9)

53.7 (.7)

54.0 (.7)

47.1 (.8)

47.0 (.6)

Middle

26.7 (.5)

26.0 (.5)

28.8 (.7)

28.7 (.6)

27.5 (.6)

27.9 (.7)

Distal

12.7 (.8)

12.2 (.6)

17.5 (.7)

17.4 (.8)

25.4 (.8)

25.1 (.7)

Metacarpal bones

1 st

18.4 (.7)

20.1 (.8)

17.7 (.8)

18.6 (.7)

16.0 (.7)

16.1 (.7)

2 nd

22.9 (.7) *

25.0 (.5) *

23.4 (.6)

24.0 (.6)

22.4 (.4)

22.3 (.5)

3 th

23.5 (.9)

24.3 (.9)

23.3 (.6)

23.4 (.7)

22.9 (.7)

22.6 (.7)

4 th

16.3 (.8)

16.0 (.9)

18.1 (.7)

17.5 (.6)

20.4 (.7)

20.3 (.6)

5 th

19.0 (.6) *

14.7 (.7) *

17.6 (.6)

16.6 (.6)

18.3 (.6)

18.7 (.7)

* means that differences among the means of different groups in the same row are statistically significant in value of p < 0.05. Rations were analyzed by t test.