Balance and Abdominal Resistance Strength Levels in Adolescents Beginners in The Practice of Slackline: An Experimental Study

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes de Sousa, Ailson Henrique
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Neves Bentes, Lívia Maria, Mendoça Tomás, Alessandra, de Araújo Farias, Déborah
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Educação Física
• Texto Completo: https://revistadeeducacaofisica.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/868
• topic: força muscular; equilíbrio postural; adolescência; resistência física; muscle strength; postural balance; adolescence; physical endurance

Introduction: The slackline offers numerous benefits, requiring several physical skills such as: motor coordination, dynamic and static balance, abdominal resistance strength and lower limbs strength. Objective: To analyze the effects of slackline training on the levels of balance and strength of abdominal resistance (FRA) in adolescents beginning in the sport. Methods: An experimental study, with a convenience sample, consisting of 14 adolescents, of both sexes, aged from 14 to 18 years. Tests were performed at the beginning and at the end of the training period (eight weeks), totaling 24 of one hour sessions. To assess dynamic balance, the Y Balance Test was used and to assess FRA, the one-minute Abdominal Test was used. Descriptive data analyzes were presented as means and standard deviations, using a Wilcoxon test for dependent samples. Results: Regarding the lower limb balance, there were significant differences in the post-test results for the right limb (99.6 ± 6.41) and for the left limb (98.68 ± 8.26) when compared to the pre-test the right limb (96.2 ± 7.62) and the left limb (96.16 ± 7.34). As for abdominal resistance strength, the values obtained in the post-test (29.7 ± 5.95) compared to the pre-test (26.4 ± 7.16) were higher. Conclusion: From the results of this study, it is possible to conclude that eight weeks of slackline training was able to improve the dynamic balance and strength of abdominal resistance in a population of adolescents beginning in the sport.