摘要：In this study, it is aimedto compare the upper extremities of children who play and do not playbasketball. In this study, measurements were taken in the upper extremities ofa total of 200 secondary school students playing basketballand non-playing, with a mean age range of 11 ± 1.08 (did play sports) - 11 ±0.8 (did not play sports). The averageheight and weight ratio of the students who did and did not play sports were153.5 ± 12.9 - 149.2 ± 8.1 cm and 46.7 ± 12.04 - 43.08 ± 12.9 kg respectively. Inthe right and left upper extremities of the students who play sports, armlength was 28.4 ± 3.1 - 28.4 ± 3.01, the forearm length was 24.1 ± 2.4 - 24.1 ± 2.4, hand length was 15.9 ±1.8 to 15.9 ± 1.6, arm circumference was 23.2 ±3.9 - 23.0 ± 3.8, the circumference of forearm was 20.8 ± 2.5 - 20.6 ± 2.5,hand width was 7.8 ± 0.8 to 7.9 ± 0.8. The results of thebiacromial width and bideltoid width measurements were 25.5 ± 3.13 and 39.2 ±4.7, respectively. In the right and left upper extremities of students who didnot do sports, arm length was 26.8 ± 2.5 - 26.6 ± 2.4, forearm length was 23.3 ±2.1 - 23.3 ± 2.0, hand length was 16.0 ± 1.5 -16.2 ± 1.5, arm circumference was 22.4 ± 3.5 to 22.4 ±3.5, circumference of forearm was19.4 ± 2.5 - 19.4 ± 2.5, hand width was 7.6 ±0.9 - 7.7 ± 0.9.The results of thebiacromial and bideltoid width measurements were 28.8 ± 3.8 and 37.6 ± 4.4,respectively. As a result of the evaluation made, there was a difference betweenarm circumference measurements (p = 0.02) when the measurements taken from theright and left extremities of the students who did sports and did not do sportswere compared. It was observed that the difference between right - left armlength (p = 0.001) and right - left hand length (p = 0.02) was significant inthe students who did not do sports. Playing basketball increases the armcircumference and forearm circumference in children.
