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Introduction: According to the literature, anthropometric
and physiological variables may be a determinant success factor for the players’ performance.
Objective: Verify the in:fuence of anthropometric mea- sures on player's performance. Verify the in:fuence of eat- ing habits on player’s performance.
Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative, observational and analytical study was developed. A sample of 87 Soccer Players from Superliga (Portuguese Football League) was collected. Anthropometric measures were evaluated using a Tanita® body composition analyzer TBF-300, a compass Cescorf® and a tape measure. Eating habits were assessed using food diaries. The Cooper test was used to evaluate the player’s performance. SPSS 21.0 was used to com- pute descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann- Whitney tests.
Results: The performance evaluation showed that players covered, in average, 2,706.3 (SD=220) meters, enabling to realize that 12.6% had a medium performance, 16.1% have a good performance and the two highest ratings, Excellent and Superior, both represented 35.6%. Differences, statisti- cally, significant were found in some anthropometric mea- sures, namely, waist circumference (p=0.045), the suprailiac skinfold (p=0.000) and biceps skinfold (p=0.001), when performance was considered. Relatively to eating habits, statistically, significant differences were not found in all parameters: protein, fat, carbohydrate, water, dietary fiber, vitamin D and magnesium (p>0,05).
Conclusions: Players with greater waist circumference have a lower performance and players with bigger biceps suprailiac skinfold have lower performance. These differ- ences may be due to the effect of body fat. However, fur- ther studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
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Anthropometric measures Eating habits Soccer players Portugal Performance Cooper test
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Mota, A.; Mendes, S.; Fernandes, A; Almeida-de-Souza, J. (2014). Anthropometric measures, eating habits and performance of Portuguese soccer players, Revista de Saúde Pública; ISSN: 0034-8910 ISSN Online: 1518-8787. 48 (n.esp): 259-259 e 2nd IPLeiria Internacional Health Congress - Challenges & Innovation in Health. Leiria: Instituto Politécnico
Publisher
Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo.