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- Title
CAN BALANCE SKILLS PREDICT OLYMPIC WRESTLING PERFORMANCE?
- Authors
Morán-Navarro, Ricardo; Valverde-Conesa, Andrés; López-Gullón, José María; De la Cruz-Sánchez, Ernesto; Pallarés, Jesús G.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the stabilometric parameters of elite and sub-elite wrestlers under rest and fatiguing conditions similar to those which occur during an Olympic wrestling combat. To do that we used the Wii® balance board as a new technology that has been cross-validated to assess standing balance. Sixty two male wrestlers were assigned into 2 groups according to their competitive level: Elite n=28 and Sub-elite n=34. All wrestlers underwent a standardized stabilometric assessment, consisting of the measure of the main postural control variables in double leg and single leg (dominant and non-dominant) standing, all of them on stable and unstable surface, before and immediately after a Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT). These stabilometric variables were: i) the confidence ellipse surface (CES) containing 90% of the sampled positions of the center of pressure (CoP); ii) mean velocity as average modulus of velocity of CoP path; and iii) mean frequency of sway over medial-lateral and anterior-posterior direction from amplitude spectrum. The anaerobic fatigue protocol produced significant (p<0.05) balance performance impairment for all wrestlers, except in the CES with double leg stance on stable and unstable surface. Under rest and fatigue conditions, the national level wrestlers do not differ from their international counterparts in any of the stabilometric parameters assessed. Independently of the competitive level, a short but strenuous bout of exercise produces rapid and significant balance postural declines in the static stance of wrestlers, mainly with only one leg support.
- Subjects
WRESTLING; WRESTLERS; WINGATE Anaerobic Test; PERFORMANCE evaluation; MUSCULOSKELETAL system injuries; UNIVERSITY of Murcia (Murcia, Spain)
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Health Research, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1989-6239
- Publication type
Article