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

		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.