Dermatoglyphic characteristics of high-performance futsal players

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Futsal e Futebol Vol. 14; no. 57; pp. 130 - 136
• Main Authors: Rudy José Nodari Junior, Adriano Alberti, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale, Cláudio Joaquim Borba Pinheiro, Clarissa Martinelli Comim, Gracielle Fin, Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas, Ben Hur Soares, Renan Souza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Ensino em Fisiologia do Exercício 01-06-2022
• Subjects: athletes; dermatoglyphic; fingerprints; futsal
• ISSN: 1984-4956

The aim was to compare the distribution of dermatoglyphic indicators in high-performance male futsal players. For this, 340 men divided into two groups: Group A (Futsal) consisted of 170 professional elite futsal players, and Group B (Control) comprised 170 randomly selected controls. The protocol selected for analyzing the fingerprints was dermatoglyphics, proposed by Cummins and Midlo through the Dermatoglyphic Reader®. The number of Radial Loops (RL) in A predictive formula for coaching futsal players is suggested because the numbers of RL on MDT3 and MDT5 and of Whorls in MDT1 and MET2 are higher in the Futsal group than in the Control group. The number of lines was also higher in the Futsal group compared to the Control group in MESQL1, MESQL3, MESQL5, and MDSQL1, SQTLE and SQTL. These findings suggest a predictive formula to train and guide futsal players.