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.