著者
上妻 歩夢 齋藤 未花 本間 洋樹 水野 増彦 横山 順一 小林 史明 畑山 茂雄 菊池 直樹
出版者
日本体育大学
雑誌
日本体育大学紀要 (ISSN:02850613)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, pp.3015-3020, 2021

Previous studies have reported that a relationship between attractiveness and athletic achievement exists such as in cycling and American football. The goal of this study was to examine the association between at-tractiveness, facial width-to-height ratio (FWHR) and athletic achievement in collegiate track and field ath-letes. Ninety-three athletes (42 males and 51 females, aged 19.8±1.2 years) participated in the present study. All athletes were divided into higher-level athletes and lower-level athletes according to their athletic achievement. Two-hundred and forty-one evaluators (124 males and 117 females, aged 20.81±1.5 years) as-sessed the attractiveness of the athletes. Attractiveness was evaluated using the visual analog scale (VAS) by evaluators who met the athletes for the first time and were of the opposite sex. We measured the FWHR, facial width ratio, area between the left and right cheekbones, and height between the upper lip and under the eye-brows using ImageJ. This study reveal that elite sprinters were more attractive than the lower-level athletes (p=0.053). Conversely, elite endurance athletes were less attractive (p=0.039) (FWHR, p=0.047) than the lower-level athletes. In summary, our results suggested that higher-level sprinters tend to be more attractive in comparison to higher-level endurance athletes who showed a lower FWHR and were found to be less attrac-tive.
著者
上妻 歩夢 齋藤 未花 本間 洋樹 水野 増彦 横山 順一 小林 史明 畑山 茂雄 菊池 直樹
出版者
日本体育大学
雑誌
日本体育大学紀要 (ISSN:02850613)
巻号頁・発行日
no.50, pp.3015-3020, 2021

自転車競技,アメリカンフットボールなどの競技を対象に見た目の魅力と競技パフォーマンスとの関連性が報告されている。本研究では,大学陸上競技選手を対象に,見た目の魅力及びfacial width-to-height ratio(FWHR)と競技成績との関連性について検討した。本研究の対象者は,93名の大学陸上競技選手(男性42名,女性51名,年齢19.8±1.2歳)であった。競技成績から全国入賞以上を上位群,全国出場以下を下位群に分類した。魅力度は,対象者のことを知らない241名(男性124名,女性117名,年齢20.81±1.5歳)の評価者によって評価された。評価方法は,10 cmの直線を用いたVAS法で異性の評価を行った。対象者1人あたりの評価者の人数は32–37名であった。本研究の対象者の内,86名(男性40名,女性46名,年齢19.74±1.2歳)を対象にFWHRの計測を行った。FWHRは,横幅は左右の頬骨の位置,高さは上唇の上部から眉毛の下部の位置を,ImageJを用いて測定し,横幅と高さの比を求めた。短距離選手において,上位群が下位群に比べて魅力度が高い傾向にあった(p=0.053)。一方,長距離選手においては,下位群に比べて上位群で魅力度,FWHRともに有意に低かった(p=0.039, 0.047)。本研究の結果,短距離選手では競技成績が高い群で,見た目の魅力が高く,長距離選手では競技成績が低い群で,見た目の魅力とFWHRが高かった。
著者
齋藤 義信 岩井 一師 中里 浩一 入江 一憲 水野 増彦 中嶋 寛之
出版者
日本体力医学会
雑誌
体力科學 (ISSN:0039906X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.58, no.1, pp.99-108, 2009-02-01
被引用文献数
1 1

The purpose of this study was to clarify physical characteristics related to low back pain (LBP) in collegiate track and field athletes. We particularly focused on the nature of the track and field. The subjects were 21 male collegiate track and field athletes including only sprinters, hurdlers, long jumpers and triple jumpers. The examined parameters were physical characteristics, isokinetic flexor and extensor strength in the knee and trunk regions. The evaluation of LBP was estimated by a questionnaire test and orthopedic surgeons' diagnosis. According to these evaluations, we divided all track and field athletes into two groups ; LBP group (n=11, 52.4%) and no LBP group (n=10, 47.6%). As a result, a take-off leg of knee flexor/extensor strength ratio in the LBP group was significantly lower than that in the no LBP group (P<0.05). The LBP group showed a significant difference between a take-off leg and a lead leg in knee flexor strength compared with the no LBP group (P<0.05). The LBP group has been short engaged in the track and field than the no LBP group (P<0.05). In the trunk flexor and extensor strength, there was no significant difference between the LBP and the no LBP group in this study. These results suggest that the imbalanced knee muscle strength may be one of some factors related to chronic low back pain in collegiate track and field athletes.