ABSTRACT
Body dissatisfaction is prevalent in women's artistic gymnastics (WAG). Cross-sectional research points to social and individual risk factors, however it does not account for potential changes in body dissatisfaction during an athletic season. This study aimed to determine how gymnasts' body dissatisfaction, risk factors for eating disorders, media internalisation, perfectionism and mood state change during pre-competition, competition and post-competition seasons and to identify how these psychosocial indicators impact on body dissatisfaction during the athletic year. The sample consisted of 20 Brazilian elite women's artistic gymnasts aged 10-16 years. Data were obtained from a 9-month study using: Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ); Eating Attitude Test-26; Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3); Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS); Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) and triceps and subscapular skinfolds. Body dissatisfaction was higher during the competition season and disordered eating, perfectionism and vigour values were higher in the pre-competition season. Disordered eating has been found as the strongest predictor of body dissatisfaction during all seasons, and mood state partly contributed to body dissatisfaction in the competitive season. Stakeholders should understand that body dissatisfaction and the prevalence of disordered eating may change over time.
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Body Image , Competitive Behavior , Gymnastics/psychology , Adipose Tissue , Adolescent , Affect , Child , Feeding and Eating Disorders/psychology , Female , Humans , Longitudinal Studies , Perfectionism , Risk Factors , Social MediaABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of short repeated-sprint ability (RSA) training on the neuromuscular and physiological indices in U17 futsal players during the competitive period. Fourteen players were divided into two groups: intervention group (n = 8) and control group (n = 6). Both groups performed a repeated maximal sprint test (40-m MST), intermittent shuttle-running test (Carminatti's test) and vertical jumps before and after the training period. The intervention group was submitted to an additional four-week repeated sprints program, twice a week, while the control group maintained their normal training routine. There was no significant interaction between time and groups for all variables analysed (p > 0.05). However, a significant main effect was observed for time (p < 0.01) indicating an increase on speed at heart rate deflection point (VHRDP) and the continuous jump performance while the peak lactate (40m-LACpeak) and sprint decrement decreased after training, in both groups. Still, based on effect sizes (ES) the greater changes with practical relevance were verified for intervention group in important variables such as peak velocity (ES = 0,71), VHRDP (ES = 0,83) and 40m-LACpeak (ES = 1,00). This study showed that RSA-based and normal training routine are equally effective in producing changes in the analysed variables during a short period of intervention. However, the effect size suggests that four weeks of RSA training would be a minimum time that could induce the first changes of futsal player's physical fitness.
O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar os efeitos do treinamento de sprints repetidos (RSA) nos índices fisiológicos e neuromusculares em atletas de futsal sub17 durante a temporada competitiva. Quatorze jogadores foram divididos em dois grupos: grupo intervenção (n = 8) e controle (n = 6). Ambos os grupos desempenharam testes de sprints máximos repetidos (40-m MST), teste de corrida intermitente (teste de Carminatti) e saltos verticais antes e depois do período de treinamento. O grupo intervenção foi submetido a um programa adicional de quatro semanas de RSA, duas vezes por semana, enquanto o grupo controle manteve a rotina normal de treinos. Não houve interação significante entre tempo e grupo para todas as variáveis analisadas (p > 0.05). Entretanto, um efeito principal significante foi observado para o tempo (p < 0.01), indicando um aumento na velocidade do ponto de deflexão da frequência cárdica (VHRDP) e na performance do salto contínuo, bem como, diminuição no pico de lactato (40m-LACpeak) e no decréscimo dos sprints após o treinamento em ambos os grupos. Ainda, baseado no effect size (ES), maiores mudanças com relevância prática foram verificadas para o grupo intervenção em importantes variáveis tais como: pico de velocidade (ES = 0,71) VHRDP (ES = 0,83) e 40m-LACpeak (ES = 1,00). Este estudo demonstrou que o treinamento de RSA e a rotina normal de treinos são igualmente efetivos em produzir mudanças nas variáveis analisadas durante um curto período de intervenção. Porém, o effect size sugere que quatro semanas de treinamento de RSA pode ser um tempo mínimo para que ocorram as primeiras alterações no desempenho físico de atletas de futsal.