Anthropometric and Physical Characteristics of Motor Disabilited Paralympic Rowers

Porto, Yuri Caldas; Almeida, Marcilene; Sá, Cloud Kennedy Couto de; Schwingel, Paulo Adriano; Zoppi, Cláudio C.

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“…The assessment of anaerobic components of physical fitness is of great importance in Paralympic sports for both performance and health-related reasons [4,6,14,16,16,17,17,21,27,28,35]. The traditional 30-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test (Want_30s) has been widely used to evaluate the anaerobic performance in individuals with locomotor impairment [6,23,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. In the present research, we studied 44 elite athletes with a locomotor impairment deriving from the main typical health conditions common among Paralympic participants and competing in sports with a wide range of energy expenditure and intensities [49,52] and, therefore, with a wide range of aerobic fitness [4,53].…”

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“…Among the latter, the Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT), an all-out test in which the ergometer allows that the prefixed torque is maintained constant and the individual pedals at her/his maximal speed, has been adapted since the 1980s for individuals with locomotor impairments using arm cranking ergometers [24,25]. The WAnT has many versions, of which the 30-s-long test (WAnT_30s) has been applied most often in athletes and non-athletes with different physical impairments [6,22,23,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. On the other hand, shorter WAnT protocols have also been employed in studies dealing with high-level athletes with physical impairments [4,38].…”

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Comparison between the 10- and the 30-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test in summer Paralympic athletes with a lower limb impairment

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Background The 30-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT_30s) has some limitations in high-level athletes. A shorter version might be helpful for both clinical applications and performance assessment. The comparison between the traditional WAnT_30s and a shorter version has never been carried out yet in Paralympic athletes. Aim To assess if a 10-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT_10s) could be used to accurately assess and predict the anaerobic components of physical fitness as an alternative to the traditional WAnT_30s in male Paralympic athletes. Methods Forty-four trained male Paralympic Athletes grouped by severity of locomotor impairment completed the WAnT_30s and the WAnT_10s with an arm cranking ergometer. Differences between mean and peak power achieved throughout both WAnTs were analysed using a mixed-design analysis of variance and predictivity was assessed by stepwise linear regression analysis. Results In the whole sample, peak power values were similar (P > 0.005) in the two tests and the WAnT_10s mean power was significantly higher than that in the WAnT_30s (P < 0.005). Finally, the mean power measured during WAnT_30s showed high level of predictability from mean power measured during WAnT_10s and the Functional class (adjusted R2 = 0.906; P < 0.001). Conclusion The WAnT_10s is accurate to assess peak power, is definitively appropriate to evaluate the alactic anaerobic metabolism and seems able to predict the mean power as traditionally evaluated through a WAnT_30s in male Paralympic Athletes. Thus, it can be used to assess the anaerobic components of physical fitness in this athletic population.

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Comparison between the 10- and the 30-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test in summer Paralympic athletes with a lower limb impairment

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“…In the literature there are a few studies reporting data on the anthropometric and body composition characteristics of athletes with disabilities in WB ( Cavedon et al, 2015 ; Granados et al, 2015 ) as well as some of the other Paralympic sports, e.g., swimming ( Dingley et al, 2015 ), throwing ( Spathis et al, 2015 ), athletics ( Connick et al, 2016 ), ice sledge hockey ( Molik et al, 2012 ), and rowing ( Porto et al, 2008 ). In WB the papers by Cavedon et al (2015) and Granados et al (2015) , highlighted that the sitting height, along with other upper body linear anthropometric variables, are especially relevant to WB performance, reporting that higher values in the sitting height could give some advantage in WB performance (e.g., throwing or passing the basketball ball).…”

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Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Performance in Sport-Specific Field Test in Female Wheelchair Basketball Players

2018

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Data on the physical and performance characteristics of female wheelchair basketball (WB) players are scarce. In several countries female WB players train and compete with male players on mixed teams due to the limited total population of players, which would otherwise lead to large territorial spread for each team. Any differences in terms of physical characteristics and/or WB skill proficiency between male and female WB players would be relevant to team performance in mixed teams. This work examined anthropometry, body composition, and performance in a set of sport-specific field tests in a sample of 13 female WB players representing about 40% of the eligible population in Italy across a range of functional point scores (Point). Point is assigned on an ordinal scale from 1.0 (i.e., players with minimal functional potential) through to 4.5 (players with maximum functional potential). Our female sample was then compared against twice as many (n = 26) Point-matched (±0.5 points) male players. The two groups were similar for age (P = 0.191; effect size [d] = 0.2), self-reported duration of injury (P = 0.144, d = 0.6), WB experience (P = 0.178, d = 0.5), and volume of training (P = 0.293, d = 0.4). The large majority of measured linear anthropometric variables (10/13) were lower in female players than males (0.001 < P ≤ 0.041). Skinfold-estimated percent body fat was higher (+7.6%) in females (30.7 ± 6.0%; P < 0.001, d = 1.3). Mean performance was worse in female than in males in six out of seven sport-specific field tests, scores being significantly lower in females for the maximal pass (7.5 ± 2.0 m for females vs. 10.4 ± 2.8 m for males; P = 0.002, d = 1.2) and suicide tests (55.8 ± 6.4 s for females vs. 45.4 ± 6.7 s for males; P < 0.001, d = 1.6). When performance in subgroups of females (n = 9) chosen across a range of Point was compared with that of males assigned 1.0 or 1.5 Point less (each n = 9), performance differences between male and female WB players were partially and completely eliminated, respectively. This work contributed new data for characterizing the physique and performance of female WB players. Further, the results suggested that when male and female athletes compete together in mixed teams, a 1.5 points subtraction from female players is needed to match the real gender difference in performance.

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“…The body composition and anthropometrical characteristics of the para-athletes have also been previously described and in some cases related to performance in swimming [9][10][11], blind sports [11,12], track and field [11,13,14], wheelchair sports [15][16][17], or rowing [18]. However, most of these previous studies included a mixed pool of para-athletes with different types of impairment and from different para-sports.…”

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Anthropometrical Features of Para-Footballers According to Their Cerebral Palsy Profiles and Compared to Controls

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Roche

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Cerebral palsy (CP) football is a team para-sport practiced by para-athletes with eligible impairments of hypertonia, athetosis, and ataxia. This study aimed: (1) to describe the anthropometrical and body composition profiles of international CP para-footballers with different CP profiles (i.e., spastic diplegia, athetosis/ataxia, spastic hemiplegia, and minimum impairment); (2) to analyze the differences between both affected/nondominant and nonaffected/dominant sides; and (3) to compare the sample of international-level CP para-footballers (n = 141) with a sample of highly trained able-bodied footballers (n = 39). Anthropometric measures included four breadths, nine girths, and six skinfolds, while body composition was measured through fat mass (including Carter’s, Faulkner’s, and Withers’ equations), muscle mass (Lee’s equation), and bone mass (Rocha’s and Martin’s equations). This study found differences between the able-bodied footballers and the following impairment profiles: spastic diplegia (skinfolds); ataxia/athetosis (corrected calf of the nondominant side, and calf skinfolds for both sides); and spastic hemiplegia (all measurements excepting femur breadth, and thigh and ankle girths). No differences were found between para-athletes with minimum impairment and the able-bodied footballers. This study demonstrates that football players with or without physical impairments of hypertonia athetosis or ataxia may be considered homogeneous in shape when dominant size is compared. Besides, the study provides reference scores on anthropometric measures and body composition of international-level CP para-footballers that can help sports coaches and physical trainers to monitor physical fitness of their para-athletes.

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Anthropometric and Physical Characteristics of Motor Disabilited Paralympic Rowers

Cited by 12 publications

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Comparison between the 10- and the 30-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test in summer Paralympic athletes with a lower limb impairment

Comparison between the 10- and the 30-s-long Wingate Anaerobic Test in summer Paralympic athletes with a lower limb impairment

Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Performance in Sport-Specific Field Test in Female Wheelchair Basketball Players

Anthropometrical Features of Para-Footballers According to Their Cerebral Palsy Profiles and Compared to Controls

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