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- Title
Correlation between Hoff test performance, body composition and aerobic and anaerobic fitness in professional soccer players.
- Authors
Zagatto, Alessandro; Miyagi, Willian; Brisola, Gabriel; Milioni, Fabio; Silva, Adelino; Santiago, Paulo; Papoti, Marcelo
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate a possible association between the distance covered in the Hoff test with parameters of maximal oxygen uptake ( $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{MAX}}}} $$ ), anaerobic threshold, anaerobic fitness, and body composition of professional adult soccer players. Methods: Twenty-five professional soccer players (20 ± 3 years) participated in the study. On different days the athletes performed: a graded incremental exercise test in a laboratory to measure $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{MAX}}}} $$ ; a specific soccer field test called the Hoff test; a running anaerobic sprint test (RAST); an incremental test on an oval circuit to determine the velocity relative to anaerobic threshold ( V) and an estimation of body composition. Results : The average $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{MAX}}}} $$ corresponded to 4.1 ± 0.1 L min (54.1 ± 1.2 mL kg min). The average distance covered during the Hoff test was 1,442.4 ± 30.0 m. The distance covered during the Hoff test showed significant correlations with absolute and expressed in an appropriated scale $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{MAX}}}} $$ ( r = 0.44, p = 0.02; r = 0.42, p = 0.02, respectively) while no significant differences were found with body composition, V and RAST variables. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated that the distance covered during the Hoff test has weak correlation with $$ \dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{ 2 {\text{MAX}}}} $$ determined in treadmill running, and no correlation with V, body composition and RAST outcomes, probably due to the non-specificity of the proposed tests when associated with the Hoff test.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness testing; SOCCER players; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMAN body composition; PHYSIOLOGY; HEALTH
- Publication
Sport Sciences for Health, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
1824-7490
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11332-014-0210-0