Relationship of Physical Fitness with metabolic markers in basketball athletes

• Autor(a) principal: Venâncio, Patrícia Espíndola Mota
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Castro, Thiago Pedro Bento de, Batista, Pablo Yan, Silva, Raika Eduarda Rodrigues da, Teixeira Junior, Jairo, Soares, Viviane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/31234
• topic: Aptidão física; Inflamação; Atleta; Adolescente.; Physical fitness; Inflammation; Athlete; Adolescent.; Aptitud física; Inflamación; Atleta; Adolescente.

The aim of the study was to compare the physical fitness (PA) levels of adolescent basketball athletes and to correlate metabolic markers with the physical fitness of basketball players. Cardiovascular risks were assessed by measuring weight, height, waist circumference (WC), blood pressure (BP), body mass index (BMI), cortisol and C-reactive protein; in addition to physical fitness by tests of flexibility, muscular endurance, agility, speed, upper and lower limb strength and VO2MAX. For data analysis, a Pearson correlation, Student “t” test and a crosstab were performed. The results for upper limb strength PA were: Excellent for athlete adolescents (75%) and junior adolescents (14.3%). For the strength of the lower limbs they were: Excellent and Very Good for adolescent professional athletes (50% and 37.5%, respectively), and Very Good for adolescents from the base (57.1%). Furthermore, the greater the agility, the lower the strength of the lower limbs (r=-0.577, p<0.005), and the greater the inflammatory process, the lower the VO2MAX (r=-0.604, p<0.005). It is concluded that, when comparing the PA, the adolescent athletes have better aptitude in relation to the adolescents of the base. By correlating metabolic markers with the PA of basketball players, agility negatively impacts lower limb strength, as well as the inflammatory process impacts VO2MAX.