Open AccessAnthropometric Correlates for the Physiological Demand of Strength and Flexibility: A Study in Young Indian Field Hockey Players
Author(s) -
Hanjabam Barun Sharma,
Jyotsna Kailashiya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26358.9965
Subject(s) - anthropometry , trunk , grip strength , flexibility (engineering) , body fat percentage , field hockey , body mass index , physical therapy , demography , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , mathematics , statistics , biology , advertising , ecology , pathology , sociology , newspaper , business
Optimal strength and flexibility are essential for performance enhancement and injury prevention in hockey, and anthropometry is known to influence these parameters.