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Title: COMPARISON OF ANTHROPOMETRIC AND PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAITS BETWEEN ELITE GRECO-ROMAN AND FREESTYLE WRESTLERS
Keywords: Anthropometric
Freestyle
Greco-Roman
Issue Date: 30-May-2013
Publisher: Electronic Physician
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the anthropometric and physical fitness differencesbetween elite Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers. Subjects: Thirty three Iranian elite wrestlers[(Freestyle; age: 24.54±3.43 years; N=13) and (Greco-Roman; age: 23.05±1.95 years; N=20)]who were invited to the national training camps participated in this study. Methods: Theanthropometric traits included body weight; height; sitting height; arm span; and the physicalfitness traits included flexibility; muscular endurance; agility; speed and bilateral visual reactiontime. Statistical comparison of the FS and GR groups was carried out using Independentsamples t test (P < 0.05). Results: No significant difference was found between the two groups.However; in speed; flexibility; pull up tests; Greco-Roman wrestlers were better than freestylewrestlers and in agility; reaction time and bent-knee sit up test the freestyle wrestlers were betterthan Greco-Roman wrestlers.
URI: http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/5310
Other Identifiers: http://ephysician.ir/2011/111-377.pdf
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=20085842&date=2011&volume=3&issue=3&spage=189
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