Table 2. Parameters of phalangeal and metacarpal bones belonging to left 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

69.6 (1.0)

69.8 (.7)

64.1 (.8) *

66.4 (.6) *

60.4 (.5) *

58.4 (.5) *

Distal

30.4 (.8)

30.2 (.7)

35.9 (.8) *

33.6 (.7) *

39.6 (.7) *

41.6 (.6) *

Fore finger
(Digitus secundus)

Proximal

64.2 (.6) *

70.1 (.6) *

55.9 (.8) *

60.1 (.8) *

48.0 (.9)

49.0 (.7)

Middle

27.3 (.9) *

21.9 (.8) *

30.3 (.8) *

26.6 (.6) *

31.0 (.7) *

29.2 (.7) *

Distal

8.6 (.8)

8.1 (.7)

13.7 (.6)

13.3 (.6)

21.0 (.8)

21.8 (.59

Middle finger
(Digitus tertius)

Proximal

61.3 (.6) *

68.8 (.4) *

58.2 (.7) *

62.5 (.7) *

48.1 (.6)

48.3 (.7)

Medial

29.4 (.8) *

23.2 (.6) *

29.2 (.7) *

25.7 (.6) *

33.5 (.9)

31.7 (.7)

Distal

9.2 (.9)

8.0 (.6)

12.6 (.6)

11.8 (.8)

18.5 (.9)

20.0 (.7)

Ring finger
(Digitus quartus)

Proximal

59.5 (.6)

58.4 (.9)

53.0 (.6) *

55.2 (.7) *

48.2 (.7)

47.4 (.5)

Middle

30.5 (.9)

31.3 (.7)

32.4 (.7) *

29.9 (.8) *

31.5 (.9)

30.8 (.8)

Distal

10.0 (.9)

10.4 (.5)

14.7 (.5)

14.9 (.8)

20.2 (.9)

22.0 (.7)

Little finger
(Digitus quintus)

Proximal

59.7 (.7) *

63.7 (.7) *

53.0 (.7) *

57.0 (.6) *

47.4 (.6)

47.9 (.5)

Middle

28.4 (.7) *

24.8 (.8) *

30.5 (.8) *

26.7 (.8) *

30.5 (.9) *

27.6 (.5) *

Distal

11.9 (.5)

11.6 (.7)

16.5 (.7)

16.3 (.6)

22.1 (.7) *

24.5 (.7) *

Metacarpal bones

1 st

19.5 (.5)

20.4 (.6)

18.1 (.6)

19.0 (.6)

16.5 (.5)

16.0 (.7)

2 nd

24.1 (.6)

25.5 (.5)

23.5 (.7)

23.9 (.8)

22.4 (.6)

22.7 (.8)

3 th

24.2 (.6)

23.8 (.6)

23.4 (.6)

23.4 (.8)

23.1 (.6)

22.3 (.8)

4 th

17.3 (.6) *

15.2 (.8) *

18.7 (.5)

17.3 (.7)

20.1 (.6)

20.1 (.5)

5 th

15.0 (.6)

15.1 (.8)

16.3 (.6)

16.3 (.7)

18.0 (.4)

18.8 (.6)

* 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.