Abstract: Maximum lengths, transverse diameters and thickness of bone wall of humeri of 77 Chinese elite boatmen and control groups were measured on X-ray film. The maximum length, transverse diameter and thickness of bone wall are greater in boatmen than in control group. Among the boatmen measured, the canoeists' humeri are the biggest, their bone walls are the thicknest.

Key words: Humerus; Anthropometry