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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">625</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>RELATIONSHIP OF LIMB GIRTH, SEGMENTAL LIMB LENGTH, HAMSTRING FLEXIBILITY WITH VERTICAL JUMP IN MALE SPORTS PLAYERS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Saiyed</surname><given-names>Mohemed Zubeir</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pais</surname><given-names>Veena</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shaikh</surname><given-names>Afshan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shemjaz</surname><given-names>Arakkal Maniyat</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pais</surname><given-names>Sudeep</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>72</fpage><lpage>75</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This 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.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: To determine if upper and lower body segment length, girth and hamstring flexibility contributes to vertical jump (VJ)&#13;
displacement.&#13;
Methods: Two hundred male sports players aged between 18 to 25 years were recruited. Upper limb length (humerus, ulna, hand), lower limb length (femur, tibia, foot), upper limb girth (arm, forearm), lower limb girth (thigh, calf) and hamstring flexibility were assessed. The subjects were asked to perform VJ and the average of 3 readings was calculated.&#13;
Results: Data was analyzed using Pearson__ampersandsignrsquo;s correlation. The results showed a moderate positive correlation of lengths of humerus, ulna, femur, tibia, foot with VJ (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05). Thigh girth, calf girth, and hamstring flexibility showed a weak positive correlation with VJ (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05). However the length of ulna and girth of arm did not show any significant correlation with VJ.&#13;
Conclusion: Segmental limb length (humerus, hand, femur, tibia, foot), limb girth (forearm, thigh, calf) and hamstring flexibility may contribute to a higher VJ.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Vertical Jump</kwd><kwd> Limb length</kwd><kwd> Limb girth</kwd><kwd> Hamstring Flexibility</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
