| （Department of Physical Education，Wanfang College of Science & Technology，Henan Polytechnic University，Zhengzhou 451400，China) Abstract: The author measured the digit lengths of university basketball players and ordinary university students by using image processing software Photoshop 8.0, and carried out descriptive statistics and T test between two independ-ent samples on the obtained data by using statistical software SPSS13.0, so as to probed into the digit length ratio dif-ferences and gender differences of university basketball players and ordinary university students. Results: 1) there is a significant gender difference in the 3D:5D and 4D:5D of the left hand of university basketball players and in the 2D:3D 2D:4D and 2D:5D of the left hand of ordinary university students (P<0.05); 2) there is a significant difference in the 2D:4D of the left hand of university basketball players and ordinary university students (P<0.05), no matter boy or girl, left hand or right hand; 3) the 2D of university basketball players is generally smaller than the 4D. The results indicate that digit length ratios, especially 2D:4D, are related to sports abilities, and may even be related to basketball sports abilities; this index is hopeful of providing reference for selecting basketball players scientifically.
Key words: sports anatomy；digit length ratio；university basketball player；ordinary university student |
