The purpose of this study was to analyze the acute effects of a standardized water training session on the shoulder rotators strength and balance in age group swimmers, in order to understand whether a muscle-strengthening workout immediately after the water training is appropriate. A repeated measures design was implemented with two measurements performed before and after a standardized swim session. 127 parti...
A evolução da pandemia provocada pelo novo coronavírus (COVID-19) e as indicações de contingência expressas pela Direção Geral de Saúde, não permitem a realização habitual do 43º Congresso Técnico-Científico da APTN, anteriormente agendado para os dias 1 e 2 de maio de 2020 em Odivelas. Atendendo que a possibilidade de reagendamento em data oportuna para todos os parceiros, oradores e congressistas seria escass...
The abstracts published in the present supplement were submitted to the Scientific Committee of the XLII Technical and Scientific Congress of the Portuguese Association of Swimming Technicians - APTN held on 26 to 28th of April of 2019 in the city of Portimão. The content of the articles is solely and exclusively the responsibility of their authors. The APTN Scientific Committee assumes no responsibility for th...
Os trabalhos publicados no presente suplemento foram submetidos à apreciação da Comissão Científica do 41º Congresso Técnico e Científico da Associação Portuguesa de Técnicos de Natação - APTN realizado nos dias 28 e 29 de abril de 2018 no Município de Braga. O conteúdo dos artigos é única e exclusivamente da responsabilidade dos seus autores. A Comissão Científica da APTN não assume qualquer tipo de responsabi...
The papers published in this book of abstracts / proceedings were submitted to the Scientific Commission of the International Congress of Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences & Human Development, held on 11 and 12 November 2016, at the University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, under the topic of Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development. The content of the abstracts is solely and exclusively ...
The young athlete is physiologically unique from the adult and must be considered differently. The growth and development of their bones, muscles, nerves, and organs largely dictate their physiological and performance capacities (Bar–Or, 1983; Costill & Wilmore, 1994; Stager et al., 2008). Swimming performance, and the required times to reach a competition (TAC), shoud look for those diferences and should be co...