Abstract Aim: This study aimed to describe how specific training for goalkeepers of youth handball teams is planned and executed in Brazil. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive and quantitative study was based on information from 134 coaches responsible for specific training of handball goalkeepers for youth (under 12 - U12; U14; U16; and U18) teams. The selection of participants was non-randomly for conve...
Abstract Aim: The purpose of this study is to verify the association between sprint, lower limb power, and change of direction speed in schoolchildren. Method: This is a cross-sectional school-based study with a probabilistic sample (n=1455) of adolescents aged 10-17 years. The variables were: sex, chronological age, body mass, height, skinfold sum, maturity offset, lower limb power, change of direction speed, ...
RESUMO Este estudo objetivou analisar as associações entre diferentes domínios da atividade física (AF) e a dor lombar não específica em adolescentes. Estudo transversal de base escolar realizado com adolescentes de uma cidade do sul do Brasil. Foram analisadas a dor lombar inespecífica, diferentes domínios da AF (deslocamento até a escola, a participação nas aulas de educação física escolar, a participação em ...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to verify the relationship between ball possession and match outcome in the UEFA Champions League. Official statistics from five seasons were analyzed, and descriptive analysis and the Chi-Square test were used for statistical analysis (p<0.05). Overall, teams with more ball possession won 49.2%, draw 22.0%, and lost 28.7% of the matches. In the group phase, teams with more ball posses...
Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar associações transversais e longitudinais entre atividade física, tempo de tela e uso de medicamentos em adolescentes da coorte de nascidos em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, em 1993, acompanhados aos 11 anos (N = 4.452), 15 anos (N = 4.325) e 18 anos (N = 4.106). Foram mensurados o uso de medicamentos nos últimos 15 dias, o uso contínuo de algum medicamento, o nível ...
RESUMO Introdução: Os componentes da Aptidão Física Relacionada à Saúde (ApFRS) estão associados a prevenção e redução do desenvolvimento de doenças crônicas, de incapacidades funcionais e de dificuldades na realização de atividades diárias. Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência e os fatores associados à baixa ApFRS em adolescentes. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado com 1.455 escolares (50,9% meninas) de 10 a...
Abstract Pedometers have been used in some studies to measure physical activity in adolescents. However, cutoff points of steps per day that classify physical activity levels are not yet fully established. The aims of this study were to identify the possibility the number of steps/day to predict cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents and to propose cutoff points to the number of steps/day for adoles...
Abstract Physical activity levels in adults are low and strategies should be put in place to change this. The aim of this study was to investigate whether building an urban park can increase adult neighborhood residents' intentions to partake in physical activity. In total, 395 adults living near where the park was being built participated in the study. The following information was collected: sociodemographic ...
Resumo Objetivos: identificar a prevalência de pressão arterial (PA) elevada e seus fatores associados em adolescentes de Uruguaiana (RS), 2011. Métodos: amostra probabilística composta por adolescentes de 10 a 17 anos de escolas públicas. A PA foi aferida pelo método auscultatório e classificada em normal ou elevada (PA acima do percentil 90). Fatores sociodemográficos, psicossociais, comportamentais, estado n...
Objective:To identify the prevalence of nonspecific lumbar pain and associated factors among adolescents in Uruguaiana, state of Rio Grande do Sul.Methods:This was a cross-sectional school-based study conducted among adolescents aged 10–17 years who were enrolled in the day shift of the municipal and state educational systems of Uruguaiana. This study evaluated 1455 adolescents. The data-gathering procedures in...