Comparing the Static and Dynamic Balances and Their Relationship with the Anthropometrical Characteristics in the Athletes of Selected Sports

The purpose of this study was done to compare the static balance with the dynamic one and their relationship with the anthropometrical characteristics in the athletes of selected sports. 50 healthy athlete students (16 handball players, 9 basketball players, 15 futsal players and 10 volleyball players) who had participated in the sport events of Azad University's region 1, were involved voluntarily. By the use of caliper, tape measure and digital scale, anthropometrical characteristics were measured. The static balance was measured by the stork test and the dynamic balance was evaluated by using the YBT in three directions. The results of the study showed that the static balance has a significant difference between the handball and volleyball groups (P= 0.018). Also, the dynamic balance between the handball and volleyball groups (P = 0.010) and basketball and volleyball groups (P= 0.017) showed a significant difference. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed that the significant difference exists only among the height, weight, pelvis perimeter, thigh perimeter and shin perimeter variables and the static balance of the athletes (P 0.05). The results of Pearson correlation coefficient also showed that the athletes' dynamic balance has significant relationship with only the weight, pelvis perimeter, thigh perimeter, shin perimeter, body fat and the BMI variables (P 0.05). In order to determine effectiveness of predictive anthropometrical variables on the standard variable of static and dynamic balances, the Enter multiple regression method was used. The variables are brought in one block, which was not significant statistically. In general, the results of the present study, showed a correlation between the anthropometrical characteristics and the static and dynamic balances parameters.