O equilíbrio muscular é, em qualquer actividade desportiva, de vital importância para a manutenção da funcionalidade das articulações. Na natação pura desportiva, devido ao caráter cíclico da utilização dos músculos dos ombros, existe uma maior propensão para lesões nesta articulação, essencialmente motivadas pelos desequilíbrios musculares entre rotadores internos (RI) e rotadores externos (RE) [1]. No caso da...
Uma prova de natação é composta por quatro momentos fundamentais e indissociáveis: (i) a partida; (ii) o nado propriamente dito; (iii) a viragem (Hay,1988) e a (iv) chegada (Arellano, 1993; Maglischo, 2010), onde cada detalhe técnico e/ou tático é relevante e influenciador da performance do nadador. Assim, é expetável que os treinadores incidam semelhante atenção a estes pormenores nas suas unidades de treino. ...
The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of a competitive swim season on the strength, balance and endurance of shoulder rotator cuff muscles in young swimmers. A repeated-measures design was used with three measurements performed during the swim season. A swimmers group (n = 20) of young males with no dry-land training and a sedentary group (n=16) of male students with the same characteristics (age...
Swimming performance differences are notorious among male and female post-puberty swimmers. Previous studies point that, in adolescence, boys are taller and heavier than girls; taking advantage in swimming performance with that anthropometric difference (Morouço et al., 2012). Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify possible differences between performance (personal best at 50m freestyle) and parameter...
Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of aerobic training alone or combined with strength training on the physical fitness of young women. Methods Sixty-five women (18–28 years old), who were not engaged in any exercise program for at least one year, were randomly assigned to an aerobic training group, a combined training group, or a control group. The aerobic training consisted of ...
Introduction The high incidence of overuse shoulder injuries in competitive swimmers is often attributed to both the high repetitive stresses inherent in the sport, as well as muscular imbalances in the humeral rotators (O'Donnell et al., 2005). The purpose of this study was to measure concentric glenohumeral joint internal and external rotation strength, to develop a bilateral descriptive profile in young comp...
Introduction In competitive swimming, performance relies in the good combination of force and technique. The relative contribution of each of these components is still a controversial issue. Therefore, the aim of this study was to verify if force metrics obtained through tethered swimming can be explanatory of free swimming performance. Methods 22 age-group swimmers (male n=14, age: 14.6±1.2years of age, body ...
Introduction Vibratory exercises are increasingly used in sport training and physical rehabilitation. This study aims to determine the comparative effects of two vibratory frequencies on the neuromuscular leg function in healthy young active females. Methods Twenty-four women (aged 21.9 ± 2.6 years; weight 59.9 ± 7.1 kg) were randomly assigned into 3 groups of 8 subjects: group 25 Hz (G25), group 30Hz (G30), an...
This study examined the criterion validity and measurement bias of the IPAQ-S in adults who are blind using accelerometry as an objective measure of physical activity. Sixty-seven adults who were legally blind participated. The agreement between the ActiGraph and IPAQ-S for the time spent in moderate or vigorous physical activity and in sedentary behavior was examined by a Bland–Altman analysis, in which the di...
Considering that some studies suggest that shoulder rotators muscle imbalances are related to joint pain and injury, and that there are no normative data for young swimmers, the aim of this study was: i) to describe the muscle balance, fatigue and isokinetic strength profile of the shoulder rotators in young swimmers; ii) to compare the results between swimmers and a group of young non-practitioners; iii) to co...
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