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- Title
Seasonal Changes in Breathing Pattern, Trunk Stabilization, and Muscular Power in Paralympic Swimmers.
- Authors
Cavaggioni, Luca; Trecroci, Athos; Formenti, Damiano; Hogarth, Luke; Tosin, Massimiliano; Alberti, Giampietro
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to monitor the changes in breathing pattern, trunk muscle stabilization, and upper-body muscular power in Paralympic swimmers throughout a competitive season over three time points: October (T1), March (T2), and August (T3). Six top-level Paralympic swimmers voluntarily participated in this study. The Friedman test, the Bonferroni–Dunn multiple comparison post hoc analysis, and Kendall's W concordance coefficient for the measure of effect were used. A significant difference was found in the breathing pattern, trunk stability, and upper-body power variables from the T1 to T3 season (p <.05). However, no significant changes were found in the T2 season. A long-term assessment of these fitness parameters may be of practical importance for better tailoring the training programs of top-level Paralympic swimmers.
- Subjects
SKELETAL muscle physiology; STATISTICS; TORSO; SPORTS for people with disabilities; TIME; EXERCISE physiology; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; WEARABLE technology; SEASONS; MUSCLE strength; PALPATION; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESPIRATION; SWIMMING; DATA analysis software; FRIEDMAN test (Statistics); DATA analysis
- Publication
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
0736-5829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/apaq.2020-0088