Wolfe L A, Martin R P, Seip R L
Can J Appl Sport Sci. 1985 Sep;10(3):116-21.
Left ventricular dimensions of 11 successful male college basketball players engaged in pre-season conditioning (mean age, 20.3 years) and 13 tall healthy male controls (mean age, 21.6 years) were studied by echocardiography. Left ventricular internal dimension (LVIDd, mm), posterior wall thickness (PWT, mm), septal thickness (ST, mm), and calculated left ventricular mass (LV mass, g) in the athletes were within or only slightly in excess of echocardiographic normal limits and mean values were not significantly different from the control group. LVIDd (mm/m2 body surface area) was significantly lower in the athletes. However, five guard-type players displayed significantly greater mean values for PWT and LV mass compared to six taller forwards/centers with linear body builds. It was concluded that left ventricular hypertrophy is not a common characteristic of college basketball players. It was hypothesized that cardiac dimensions of young men may vary independently of gross body size in relation to somatotype or other anthropometric variables.
通过超声心动图对11名参加季前训练的成功的男性大学篮球运动员（平均年龄20.3岁）和13名高大健康的男性对照组（平均年龄21.6岁）的左心室尺寸进行了研究。运动员的左心室内径（LVIDd，mm）、后壁厚度（PWT，mm）、室间隔厚度（ST，mm）以及计算得出的左心室质量（LV质量，g）均在超声心动图正常范围内或仅略高于正常范围，且平均值与对照组无显著差异。运动员的LVIDd（mm/体表面积）显著更低。然而，与六名身材修长的前锋/中锋相比，五名后卫型球员的PWT和LV质量平均值显著更高。研究得出结论，左心室肥厚并非大学篮球运动员的常见特征。据推测，年轻男性的心脏尺寸可能与体型或其他人体测量变量有关，独立于总体体型而有所不同。
