Physiological and Anthropometric Determinants of Rhythmic Gymnastics Performance

• DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.3.1.41
• Publication Date: 2016-08-10T12:00:48Z
• Authors: Helen T. Douda; Argyris G. Toubekis; Alexandra A. Avlo...; Savvas P. Tokmakidis
• Keywords: Arm span; Aerobic capacity; Aerobic Exercise

To identify the physiological and anthropometric predictors of rhythmic gymnastics performance, which was defined from total ranking score each athlete in a national competition.Thirty-four gymnasts were divided into 2 groups, elite (n = 15) nonelite 19), they underwent battery anthropometric, physical fitness, measurements. The principal-components analysis extracted 6 components: flexibility, explosive strength, aerobic capacity, body dimensions, anaerobic metabolism. These used simultaneous multiple-regression procedure to determine best explain variance performance.Based on principal-component analysis, component explained 45% variance, flexibility 12.1%, strength 9.2%, capacity 7.4%, dimensions 6.8%, metabolism 4.6%. Components (r .50) .49) significantly correlated with performance (P < .01). When model-y 10.708 + (0.0005121 x VO2max) (0.157 arm span) (0.814 midthigh circumference) - (0.293 mass)-was applied gymnasts, 92.5% variation by VO2max (58.9%), span (12%), circumference (13.1%), mass (8.5%).Selected characteristics, power, are important determinants successful performance. findings might have practical implications for both training talent identification gymnastics.