Anthropometric profile, sleep quality and anxiety in futsal athletes with Down syndrome in the competitive period

• Autor(a) principal: Mota, Diego Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Nádia Esteves dos, Silva, Cleber Oliveira, Saron, Amanda, Rodrigues, Rodrigo Campos, Rojas, Marta Fuentes, Esteves, Andrea
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Futsal e Futebol
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbff.com.br/index.php/rbff/article/view/971
• topic: Sleep; Anxiety; Anthropometry; Down Syndrome; Futsal; Dormir; Ansiedad; Antropometria; Sindrome de Down; Fútbol sala; Dormire; Ansia; Antropometria; Sindrome di Down; Futsal; Sono; Ansiedade; Antropometria; Síndrome de Down; Futsal; Sono; Ansiedade; Antropometria; Síndrome de Down; Futsal

In recent years, a movement has begun to practice futsal for people with Down Syndrome (DS) called "futsal Down". It is known that anxiety and sleep can negatively affect sports performance, thus, the main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep characteristics and competitive anxiety in futsal Down athletes before and during the competitive period. Seven futsal players with DS, aged 15-36 years, were evaluated. Anthropometric collections and the application of questionnaires at baseline moment (BM) were performed at the institution itself, being the SCAT-C and CSAI-2R questionnaire for anxiety and, for sleep, Belin (apnea), Epworth (sleepiness), Sleep Questionnaire (SQ) and Horne, Ostberg (chronotype). The results showed that more than 56% of the evaluated patients presented obesity and 57% indifferent chronotype. In the BM, 71.41% demonstrated alteration in SQ, 57.14% excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), 43% indicative of obstructive sleep apnea and 100% high competitive trait anxiety. At the competitive moment (CM), 85.71% demonstrated changes in SQ and EDS, and there was a tendency to increase the EDS of the team in the CM in relation to the BM, in addition to a statistically significant difference over the 4 days of the CM and the BM. As for competitive state anxiety, the team demonstrated a high score (>3) for self-confidence on all game days. The findings of this study suggest that the high anthropometric profile and the poor sleep quality evaluated in BM are characteristic of the population with DS and the CM can potentiate the poor sleep quality.