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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Print version ISSN 0120-0011
Abstract
LAMEIRA-DE OLIVEIRA, Glauber et al. Body composition and somatotype of athletes of Brazilian w5-a-side football team: Paralympic team Rio 2016. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2018, vol.66, n.1, pp.25-29. ISSN 0120-0011. https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v66n1.61069.
Introduction:
The knowledge of morphological variables in paralympic 5-a-side football mode are important to guide the training and enable the full potential of athletes.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to analyze the body composition and somatotype athletes of the Brazilian Paralympics Rio 2016 team 5-a-side football in the different tactical positions performed at game.
Materials and methods:
An anthropometric evaluation was performed in 15 male athletes (24±5.6 years), obtaining somatotype and body composition.
Results:
The study found no statistically significant differences between groups for any of the anthropometric and body composition variables. As for somatotype profile, the group (2.9 - 5.5 - 1.8) was classified as meso-endomorphic. Defenders (2.6 - 4.4 - 2.4) and pivots (2.2 - 5.6 - 2.3) presented a balanced mesomorph profile and goalkeepers (3.2 - 5.8 - 1.6) and alas (3.2 - 5.7 - 1.6) the meso-endomorphic.
Conclusions:
The team was characterized as homogeneous as the anthropometry and body composition. There was a predominance of the muscular component to the somatotype profile on the team and in all positions.
Keywords : Visual Disorders; Somatotypes; Body Composition (MeSH).