Table 1

 Comparison of the biometric data of professional tennis players and sedentary non-athletic subjects

CharacteristicsNormalTennisp
Values are given as mean (SD). Significant p values are shown in bold.
Age (years)26.46 (0.5)27.56 (0.7)0.123
Height (cm)174.9 (0.3)176.1 (0.6)0.095
Weight (kg)72.26 (1.2)74.65 (1.4)0.057
Perimeter foream (cm)Dominant25.5 (1.4)28.7 (1.3) 0.03
Non-dominant24.9 (1.3)25.1 (1.4)0.255
p0.06 0.03
Perimeter arm (cm)Dominant29.4 (2.0)31.9 (1.2) 0.02
Non-dominant28.4 (1.9)28.2 (1.0)0.349
p0.06 0.01
Length upper extremity (cm)Dominant72.63 (0.8)73.03 (0.9)0.491
Non-dominant72.50 (1.8)71.92 (0.7)0.552
p0.627 0.03