Introduction: Muscular strength and flexibility are fundamental to an adequate technique in high-performance sports; in addition, the development of these valences tends to decrease injury numbers in soccer athletes. Objective: To assess manual strength, flexibility and dexterity in a game situation in field soccer athletes. Methods: A quantitative and cross-sectional study involving 33 players from the U20 tea...
Cardiovascular risks are now an epidemiological reality among adults and teenagers. This scenario leads to impairments in quality of life and represents a burden in healthcare and government costs. This study aimed to evaluate the association between risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, quality of life, daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and anthropometric parameters on university students in Fortaleza/CE, Brazi...
The general objective of this study was to investigate the effects of physical fitness on cardiovascular risk and the perception of quality of life and health levels in young college students. Three studies have been developed since 2015-2019. The first study is a systematic review to understand the state of the art, analyzing the association of physical fitness with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in y...
Esta revisão sistemática teve como objetivo analisar a associação da aptidão física com os fatores de risco para Doenças Cardiovasculares em jovens universitários. As pesquisas do estudo foram realizadas nas seguintes bases de dados: Mideline com os descritores: “physical fitness” e “cardiovascular risk” associados às palavras “students” e “university”. Foram incluídos os artigos publicados no período de 2007 a...
Rhythmic gymnastics (RG) athletes need high-performance training since a high degree of precision is required in their exercises. Plyometric training (PT) has been used to improve athletes' neuromuscular function, explosive performance and strength in competition. The object of this study was to assess the efficiency of PT in improving the performance of RG athletes in the juvenile and adult categories over 12 ...
A imagem corporal (IC) é a imagem que o indivíduo reproduz em sua mente, podendo variar por fatores psicológicos, dependendo do nível de preocupação com partes do corpo ou com o seu todo. A preocupação excessiva com a aparência poderá gerar distúrbios emocionais e incentivar a práticas prejudiciais à saúde para o alcance do corpo desejado. Objetivo: o objetivo dessa pesquisa foi investigar a satisfação com a IC...