IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy1756HealthcareROLE OF FAT MASS AND MUSCLE MASS ON FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF ELITE INDIAN JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS NuhmaniShibiliPatiBNShapheMD Abu22062012)111117This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Objective: To find out the correlation of fat mass and muscle mass with functional performance of elite Indian junior tennis players Design: Correlation design Setting: Tennis academies all over Delhi and National Capital Region Subjects: 100 elite Indian junior tennis players Measurement: The anthropometric data (fat mass and muscle mass) of each athlete has measured and has been correlated with all the three functional performance tests. Result and Conclusion: Pearson__ampersandsign#39;s correlation test was used to correlate the anthropometric data and functional performance test results. The study result showed that there was positive correlation exists between muscle mass and the entire three functional performance tests. At the same time there is an inverse correlation exist between fat mass and functional performance.

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