Physical Exercise Program To Improve The Sport Performance On Speed Skating In Children: 3769 Board# 216 June 3 8

Abstract:

PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of physical exercise program on sport performance of children speed skaters. METHODS: A total of 52 children speed skaters (aged= 9.09±0.27; 69.2% girls) from Ecuador participated in the study. The ALPHA-Fitness battery was used to analyze the body composition and physical fitness: muscular fitness (hand-grip strength and standing long jump test), speed-agility (4x10-m shuttle run test), and cardiovascular fitness (20-m shuttle run test). Sport performance was measured by the time-marks of the different modalities of the speed skating (combined test, time trial, sprint and hare test). All participants were evaluated before and after 10-weeks of intervention based on a physical exercise program (90-min/session, 4-days/week). A mixed factorial ANOVA was used to analyze effects and interactions of the study factors age (< 10-y and> 10-y), sex (boys and girls), and measure moments (baseline and postintervention) on body composition, physical fitness, and sport performance. RESULTS: Post-intervention compared with baseline, weight was lower in girls< 10-yr (MD= 0.66±0.30 Kg, p= 0.033), fat mass was lower in girls< 10-yr and> 10-yr (MD= 7.37±1.21 Kg, p< 0.001; MD= 7.71±1.71 Kg, p< 0.001), muscle mass was lower in boys> 10-yr

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2017

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