Anthropometric profile and physical performance characteristic of the Brazilian amputee football (soccer) team

Anthropometric profile and physical performance characteristic of the Brazilian amputee football (soccer) team

Authors

  • Mário Antônio de Moura Simim Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - UFTM, Uberaba, MG
  • Bruno Victor Correa da Silva Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM
  • Moacir Marocolo Júnior Curso de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM
  • Edmar Lacerda Mendes Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM
  • Marco Túlio de Mello Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP
  • Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM, Uberaba, MG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5016/7167

Keywords:

adapted physical activity, amputation, persons with disability

Abstract

Amputee football is a variation of conventional soccer in which athletes with lower limb amputation and one athelete with upper limb amputation (the goalkeeper) participate. The objective of this study was to investigate the anthropometric and physical characteristics of amputee football athletes and to verify differences between heart rate peak (HRpeak) and equations for predicting maximum heart rate (HRmax). Twelve amputee soccer players from the Brazilian team participated in this study. The body mass, height and body composition were measured. The physical tests used were: the 20 m running test, the T-square test and the Yo Yo intermitent recovery test – level 1 (YYIRT1). The percentage of fat was significantly different between midfielders and defenders. No significant differences were found between positions in the physical tests. The HRpeak was significantly lower than all of HRmax prediction equations tested. We conclude that the indicators of physical performance did not differ significantly between the different tactics roles of players, and that, after intermittent maximum effort, the cardiac response was lower when compared with the investigated HRmax prediction equations.

Author Biographies

Mário Antônio de Moura Simim, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - UFTM, Uberaba, MG

Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - UFTM, Uberaba, MG

Bruno Victor Correa da Silva, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM

Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM, Uberaba, MG

Moacir Marocolo Júnior, Curso de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM

Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM, Uberaba, MG

Edmar Lacerda Mendes, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM

Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM, Uberaba, MG

Marco Túlio de Mello, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP

Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP

Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota, Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM, Uberaba, MG

Professor do Departamento de Ciências do Esporte da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (Uberaba,MG) e do programa de Mestrado em Educação Física da mesma instituição. Tem doutorado em Ciências da Motricidade (UNESP Rio Claro,SP). Possui experiência e tem atuado principalmente com fisiologia do treinamento físico/esportivo.

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Published

2013-05-27

Issue

V. 19, N. 3 (2013)

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