Unit:
Specialty "Exercise & Health"Library of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Giannopoulos Dimitrios
Supervisors info:
Τσολάκης Χαρίλαος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Επιστήμης Φυσικής Αγωγής και Αθλητισμού, ΕΚΠΑ, Επιβλέπων
Κουλουβάρης Παναγιώτης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Παπαγιάννης Γεώργιος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φυσικοθεραπείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου.
Original Title:
Σύγκριση σωματικών και φυσιολογικών χαρακτηριστικών μεταξύ επαγγελματιών και ημι-επαγγελματιών αθλητών καλαθοσφαίρισης.
Translated title:
Comparison of physical and physiological characteristics between professional and semi-professional basketball players.
Summary:
Basketball is a widely known sport worldwide. This study focused on the anthropometric and physiological characteristics of professional and semi-professional basketball players. The aim of this study was to detail, compare, and examine the physical and physiological characteristics of professional and semi-professional basketball players.
Fifteen top-level athletes of different nationalities, belonging to a team participating in the A' National Division of the Greek championship, and twelve semi-professionals participating in the C' Division of the Greek championship, participated in this study. The physical characteristics of the tested athletes were evaluated, including their body mass index, knee isokinetic strength, aerobic capacity, jumping performance, and flexibility.
The results of this study did not show statistically significant differences in the comparison between the ages of professional and semi-professional basketball players. Additionally, no statistically significant differences were observed in the comparison of body weight, body mass index, height in seated and standing position, and body fat percentage. The results of the comparison of aerobic capacity and isokinetic evaluation of knee strength of the athletes did not show statistically significant differences. Both statistically significant and non-significant differences were found in the comparison of the results between professional and semi-professional basketball players. Finally, in the study of flexibility, no statistically significant differences were observed between the two categories of basketball players evaluated.
In conclusion, there is no clear superiority in the physical and physiological characteristics of professional basketball players compared to semi-professionals, as they excel in almost all measurements but at a statistically non-significant level. In summary, further high-level studies need to be conducted to more securely determine the physical and physiological characteristics that distinguish professional from semi-professional basketball players.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Basketball players, Professionals, Semi-professionals, Physical and physiological characteristics
