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- Title
Are Strength Indicators and Skin Temperature Affected by the Type of Warm-Up in Paralympic Powerlifting Athletes?
- Authors
de Aquino Resende, Marcelo; Aidar, Felipe J.; Vasconcelos Resende, Roberta Barreto; Reis, Gracielle Costa; de Oliveira Barros, Layanne; de Matos, Dihogo Gama; Marçal, Anderson Carlos; de Almeida-Neto, Paulo Francisco; Díaz-de-Durana, Alfonso López; Merino-Fernández, María; Vilaça-Alves, José; de Araújo Tinoco Cabral, Breno Guilherme; Neves, Eduardo Borba; Reis, Victor Machado; Clemente, Filipe Manuel; Garrido, Nuno Domingos
- Abstract
(1) Background: the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of different types of warm-ups on the strength and skin temperature of Paralympic powerlifting athletes. (2) Methods: the participants were 15 male Paralympic powerlifting athletes. The effects of three different types of warm-up (without warm-up (WW), traditional warm-up (TW), or stretching warm-up (SW)) were analyzed on static and dynamic strength tests as well as in the skin temperature, which was monitored by thermal imaging. (3) Results: no differences in the dynamic and static indicators of the force were shown in relation to the different types of warm-ups. No significant differences were found in relation to peak torque (p = 0.055, F = 4.560, η2p = 0.246 medium effect), and one-repetition maximum (p = 0.139, F = 3.191, η2p = 0.186, medium effect) between the different types of warm-ups. In the thermographic analysis, there was a significant difference only in the pectoral muscle clavicular portion between the TW (33.04 ± 0.71 °C) and the WW (32.51 ± 0.74 °C) (p = 0.038). The TW method also presented slightly higher values than the SW and WW in the pectoral muscles sternal portion and the deltoid anterior portion, but with p-value > 0.05. (4) Conclusions: the types of warm-ups studied do not seem to interfere with the performance of Paralympic Powerlifting athletes. However, the thermal images showed that traditional warm-up best meets the objectives expected for this preparation phase.
- Subjects
SKIN temperature; ATHLETES with disabilities; WARMUP; TEMPERATURE measuring instruments; THERMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC testing
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2021, Vol 9, Issue 8, p923
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare9080923