Pilates reduces exhaustion and changes muscle activation in juvenile soccer players

• Autor(a) principal: Abreu, Manoela
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Santos, Franciele Carvalho, Nogueira, Ana Laura, Zampieri, Matheus Lima, Bertoncello, Dernival
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/7593
• topic: Adolescent; Electromyography; Exercise movement techniques; Soccer; Adolescente; Eletromiografia; Futebol; Técnicas de exercício e de movimento; Pilates e Futebol

The objective was to verify whether Pilates promotes changes in muscle activation of the lower limb and improvements in relation to exhaustion and functional performance of soccer players. Participants were 15 players divided into Pilates Group (GP, n = 7) and Control Group (GC, n = 8). The GP held 15 sessions over five weeks. Exhaustion and muscle activation [rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), gluteus maximus (GM) and rectus abdominis (RA)] were evaluated during the side hop test before and after intervention. The GP on exhaustion showed a significant difference between pre- and post-intervention (compared to GP itself) with electromyography (EMG) (p = 0.01) and without EMG (p = 0.01). In relation to muscle activation, there was a decrease for all muscles, except for GC. Pilates is able to reduce exhaustion and changes muscle activation for possible motor learning; and as for functional performance, there was no significant improvement.