2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of adult height prediction program for female athletes

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19500521
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sports science
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	HOMMA Miwako University of Tsukuba, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 准教授 (80241800)
Research Collaborator	ITO Koji 国立スポーツ科学センター, スポーツ科学研究部, 非常勤研究員
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	スポーツ・タレント / 女子アスリート / 成人身長予測 / 高身長
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to develop the adult height prediction program for Japanese female athletes. Height data from birth to 15-yr-old for 45 synchronized swimmers and 34 female students with over 163cm were analyzed using BTT method. Height velocity curves, predicted heights and adult heights were examined. Though the correlation was observed between adult heights and the predicted heights, the predicted heights value were under-estimated for 160cm or smaller subjects, and over-estimated for 160cm or taller subjects. In taller height person's growth pattern, adolescence came earlier and growth velocity was higher at the beginning of adolescence. The influence of the maternal height was larger than that of father.

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