TY - JOUR AU - Franchini, Emerson AU - Rodríguez Huertas, Jesús Francisco AU - Sterkowicz, Stanislaw AU - Carratalá, Vicente AU - Gutiérrez-García, Carlos AU - Escobar Molina, Raquel PY - 2011 SN - 1643-8698 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31538 AB - Background and Study Aim: Judo athletes usually try to maximize muscle mass and to minimize adiposity in each weight category, but few studies focused on comparisons of different age categories and little is known about sexual dimorphism among judo... AB - Material and Methods: Eighty-seven national level Spanish judoka from all seven weight categories took part in this study: females (n = 46) – cadet (n = 16), junior (n = 12) and senior (n = 18); males (n = 44) – cadet (n = 18), junior (n = 15) and... AB - Results: (1) males were heavier, taller, had lower body fat and higher muscle mass absolute and relative values, circumferences and bone diameters, lower endomorphic and higher mesomorphic components than females; (2) for skinfold thickness males... AB - Conclusions: Morphologically high level cadet judo athletes are quite similar to older athletes and coaches can select them from these ages. These data can be used as reference to coaches and physical conditioning professionals. LA - eng PB - International Scientific Literature Inc. KW - Judo KW - Spain KW - Martial arts KW - Skinfokl thickness KW - Bone diameters KW - Circunferences KW - Combat sports KW - Ages TI - Anthropometrical profile of elite Spanish judoka: comparative analysis among ages ER -