PHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL PROFILE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE VARIABLES EM WHEELLCHAIR MOTO CROSS AMATEUR ATHLETES

Abstract

The objective of this work was to characterize the physical and physiological and biomechanical profile of male athletes practicing WCMX, by means of the variables of PMS, DFA, FPP, and to evaluate the correlation between the variables physiological and biomechanical performance of athletes in the modality. The study included 6 athletes from the Faca na Cadeira Institute, age 30.2 years, height 1.70 m, body mass 68.84 kg, BMI 23.6 kg/m2, daily training frequency 2 h, weekly training frequency 6 h, time of disability, 5.17 years. The PMS was evaluated through the medicine ball throwing protocol, adapted for wheelchair users, DFA, protocol adapted for wheelchair users and PPF, a protocol proposed by ASHT. Within the results obtained between the correlations between the mechanical variables of the MMSS and FPP pitch test and the physiological variables obtained in the performance test that stood out the most were between: FCfin and PMS (r=0.93, p=0.003), FCfin and FPP/MSD (r=0.80, p=0.27) FCfn and FPP/MSE (r=0.60, p=0.10), SD and PMS (r=0.76, p=0.03), SD and PpF; MSD (r=0.65, p=078), SD and FPP/MSE (r=0.51 p=0.15) . It is concluded that the characterization of the physical and physiological biomechanical profile presented data that proved positive, due to the scarcity observed in the literature, with studies of this population it becomes important to characterize male athletes. Because it treats a specific population and little investigated, this work will contribute to a greater understanding of the modality and a substance contribution to training programs for this specific group.