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- Title
COMPARAÇÃO DA FORÇA E FLEXIBILIDADE PARA MEMBROS INFERIORES EM HOMENS E MULHERES DE ACORDO COM OS VALORES CONSIDERADOS COMO SAUDÁVEIS.
- Authors
de Castro, Reinaldo; Alves Lima, William
- Abstract
Flexibility is one of the main variables of physical fitness related to health and performance and is defined as the maximum physiological passive range of a given joint movement. The decline of flexibility and performance correlates with decreasing autonomy and the ability to perform everyday activities. Stretching is a maneuver that can be used to increase muscle-tendon extensibility (MS) and the periarticular connective tissue (TCP), contributing to increase the range of motion (ROM). This study aimed to evaluate the strength and flexibility in men and women in the test Sit and Reach (Wells), to measure low back strength, abdominal and thigh muscles using an analog dynamometer and verify that there is a direct relationship of these valences for specific muscle groups, which were tested. The study consisted of 65 academic volunteers of Physical Education UniEvangélica Faculty of Anápolis-GO, where they were separated by sex, 40 men and 25 women. For measuring lumbar strength and lower limb was used an analog dynamometer placed on a board positioned to the ground and for measuring the flexibility has been tested to sit down and reach the bank Wells and trunk extension. The values of the lumbar strength and quadriceps were above the reference values, except for men who had values below referenced to the quadriceps. For flexibility, back strength and abdominal strength production resistance values presented a good fitness level, ensuring stability of the spine and knees, which promotes a lower risk of injury in everyday activities.
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Prescrição e Fisiologia do Exercício, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 65, p196
- ISSN
1981-9900
- Publication type
Article