[A variant analysis of static body mass, height, surface area, radiological heart volume and aerobic capacity. Comparison findings between 200 high performance athletes with 80 untrained persons (author's transl)].

Static body mass and parameters of aerobic capacities were investigated in 200 high performance athletes and 80 untrained persons. The results were subjected to a variant analysis. A subdivision of the athletes into strength and endurance sports has been shown to be of value. The mean range in untrained persons, strength athletes, endurance sports athletes and other athletes is presented. Significant variations were observed. Body mass, height and surface area was measured and the findings in athletes and untrained persons were compared. From the variant analysis of absolute and relative heart volume, the statement can be made, that athletes have larger hearts and that differences between sports exist. On the average the maximal O2-Puls and maximal Wattpuls as a measure of the aerobic capacity are greater in trained than in untrained persons. A close correlation between maximal O2-Puls and Wattpuls was demonstrated. Between strength and endurance athletes significant differences in both parameters are observed. A comparison of several statistics from the West German sport medicine literature of recent decades has shown, that in spite of changes in training quality and quantity in high performances athletes no evidence could be found for an increase in the performance parameters of the aerobic capacity.