Composición corporal y somatotipo por posición de juego en balonmano profesional masculino / Body Composition And Somatotype In Professional Men's Handball According To Playing Positions

Se realizo un estudio descriptivo transversal en 19 jugadores profesionales del Club Balonmano Valladolid. Las mediciones antropometricas fueron realizadas segun el protocolo estandar. Se estimaron la masa grasa y osea, se calculo el somatotipo y se analizaron las diferencias entre las variables en funcion de la posicion. Como resultados, se obtuvo que los pivotes fueron los jugadores mas pesados (con mayor porcentaje de masa grasa); los extremos, los mas ligeros y los laterales, junto con los pivotes, los mas altos. No se observaron diferencias en el IMC en los grupos. En la somatocarta los centrales y laterales se situaron en la zona central; los extremos y los pivotes en la endomorfa-mesomorfa y los porteros en la ecto-endomorfa. Asi se evidencio que las variables antropometricas, los datos de composicion corporal y la somatocarta de los deportistas confirman las caracteristicas morfologicas basicas de los jugadores para la posicion para la que son mas aptos. PALABRAS CLAVE: Balonmano, Antropometria, Composicion Corporal, Somatotipo. ABSTRACT A cross-sectional descriptive study was accomplished in 19 professional players from Valladolid Handball Club. Anthropometric measurements were performed according to standard protocol. Body fat and bone mass were estimated, and the somatotype was calculated. As results, the line players were significantly the heaviest players; the wings were lightest and the backs, with the line players, the tallest. Nevertheless, no significant differences in BMI were observed. Regarding the body composition, the line players showed the highest values of fat-mass. No differences in BMI were observed in the groups. With respect to the somatochart, the center backs and backs were in the central area; wings and line players showed an endomorph-mesomorph development, and goalkeepers were in the ecto- endomorph area. As conclusions, anthropometric variables, body composition data and the somatochart of the athletes evaluated confirm the basic morphological characteristics of the players for the position for which they are best suited. KEYWORDS: Handball players, Anthropometry, Body Composition, Somatotype.