@article{ref1,
title="Discriminant analysis of the physiques of schoolboy rugby players, hurlers and non-team members",
journal="Journal of sports sciences",
year="1988",
author="Watson, A. W. S.",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="131-140",
abstract="The subjects were 31 successful schoolboy rugby players and 25 successful schoolboy hurlers; 34 non-team members acted as controls. Thirty-one anthropometric measurements were taken on each subject: height, weight, sitting height, five skeletal lengths, six skeletal diameters, 13 muscle circumferences and four skinfolds. The non-players were significantly smaller than both the rugby players and the hurlers in weight, biacromial diameter, bideltoid, neck, chest, flexed arm, upper and lower thigh and calf circumferences. The non-players were significantly smaller than the rugby players in arm length, femur diameter and waist, hip and relaxed arm circumferences. The non-players were significantly smaller than the hurlers in femur length, biiliac and ankle diameters. There were no statistically significant differences between the rugby players and hurlers. Discriminant analysis produced a function containing terms for height, weight, fat free weight, humerus diameter and neck, bideltoid, forearm and calf circumferences which correctly assigned 83 (92%) of the subjects to 'player' and 'non-player' categories. When the function was applied to the 15 members of the rugby team of a different school, 14 were placed in the 'player' category and one subject was given a borderline classification. It is concluded that there were differences in physique between the team members and non-members and that the techniques used in the study were effective in quantifying them. Keywords: Anthropometric measurements; athletes and non-athletes; rugby; hurling; body composition<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0264-0414",
doi="10.1080/02640418808729803",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640418808729803"
}