Relationship between dermatoglyphic markers and morphofunctional profile in professional soccer players from Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract

The objective of the study was to make a comparison between dermatoglyphic dactilar and morpho functional data in professional football players. It had a population of 24 players of Colombian professional football with an average age of 21 ± 1.99 years; size 177.3 ± 4.3 cm; weight 73.21 ± 6.42 kg, members of the men's team of the Fortaleza football team of the city of Bogotá, Colombia.A descriptive characterization of the study variables (dermatoglyphic, body composition, explosive force, maximum force and oxygen consumption) was performed; posteriorly, the normality contrast of the data was performed by Shapiro-Wilk test and a bivariate analysis was finally applied. The results showed the presence of strong correlations between the force and the maximum peak power and the maximum oxygen consumption (p=.737; p=.699); as well as between the height of the jump as the energy potential (p=.952) and a negative correlation between the jump height and the percentage of fat mass (p= -.554). The dermatoglyphic markers showed that the population of footballers evaluated had similar behaviors compared to international and national studies. Finally, important relationships were identified between variables associated with strength, power, VO2max, jump height and percentage of fat mass as determining the optimal performance of the footballer.