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...
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 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...
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...
Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate de effects of 16 week compensatory strength training program in shoulder rotators balance and muscular fatigue in young swimmers. Methods A total of 40 male swimmers were assessed and randomly divided in two groups: experimental group (n=20; age: 14.65±0.67 years old, height: 173.48±6.87 cm, body mass: 63.15±5.68 kg) and control group (n=20; age: 14.60±0.60...
Introduction It is common for patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) to have frequent complaints of low aerobic capacity, muscle weakness and chronic fatigue. The present body of evidence indicates that patient outcome is compromised if total Kt/V is below 1.7 (Lo, 2003; Yao et al., 2001). An adequacy of weekly peritoneal creatinine clearance (CCr) above 60 L/1.73 m2 is also suggested (Paniagua et al., 2002)...
Introduction The use of whole-body vibration (WBV) appears to influence in a positive way the performance of athletes in certain characteristics such as muscular strength, power and body balance. The aim of this study was to compare the acute neuromuscular activity caused by different vibration frequencies (15Hz and 25Hz), and different knee flexion angles (120° and 150°). Methods A total of 19 male university ...
EFFECTS OF COMPENSATORY STRENGTH TRAINING PROGRAM ON SHOULDER ROTATOR CUFF BALANCE AND MUSCULAR FATIGUE IN YOUNG SWIMMERS Batalha, N.,1 Raimundo, A.1,2, Tomas-Carus,P.1,2, Pereira, C.1 Silva, A.J.3,4 1:University of Évora, Portugal, 2:Health Science and Technology Research Centre, 3:University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal, 4:Research Centre of Sports, Health and Human Development. Introduction T...
INTRODUÇÃO O equilíbrio muscular é, em qualquer actividade desportiva, de vital importância para a manutenção da funcionalidade das articulações. Na natação pura desportiva, devido ao carácter 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]...
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 18 weeks water training on the rotator cuff strength of young swimmers. METHODS Twenty Portuguese national level male swimmers (age: 14.60±0.67 years old, height: 170.79±6.48 cm, body mass: 61.73±4.68 kg) and 16 sedentary male students (age: 14.88±0.72 years, height: 168.38±6.19 cm, body mass: 60.84±11.69 kg) participated in this study. The pe...
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