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Physical Fitness and Body Composition of Youth Referees in Invasion Games

Background: Referees’ activity can be an instrument for training students with an impact on health-related physical fitness (PF). This study aimed to investigate the differences in PF and body composition between students without sports practice (G1), students with regular sports practice (G2), and...

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Autores principales: Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio, Lopes, Helder, Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio, Clemente, Filipe Manuel, Sarmento, Hugo, Ihle, Andreas, Ferrari, Gerson, Luz, Pedro, Caldeira, Henrique, Marques, Adilson
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10136531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37189899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10040650
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author Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio
Lopes, Helder
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio
Clemente, Filipe Manuel
Sarmento, Hugo
Ihle, Andreas
Ferrari, Gerson
Luz, Pedro
Caldeira, Henrique
Marques, Adilson
author_facet Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio
Lopes, Helder
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio
Clemente, Filipe Manuel
Sarmento, Hugo
Ihle, Andreas
Ferrari, Gerson
Luz, Pedro
Caldeira, Henrique
Marques, Adilson
author_sort Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio
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description Background: Referees’ activity can be an instrument for training students with an impact on health-related physical fitness (PF). This study aimed to investigate the differences in PF and body composition between students without sports practice (G1), students with regular sports practice (G2), and student referees in team invasion games (G3). Methods: This study followed a cross-sectional design. The sample comprised 45 male students between 14 and 20 years old (16.40 ± 1.85). Three groups (G1, G2, and G3) of 15 participants each were selected. PF was assessed by a 20 m shuttle run, change-of-direction test, and standing long jump. Body composition was determined by body mass index (BMI; kg/m(2)) and the percentage of body fat (%BF) predicted by skinfold. Results: After controlling for age as a covariate, the block of variables used to characterize PF was statistically different between sports practice groups favoring student referees (p < 0.001; r = 0.26). Similar results were achieved for body composition (i.e., BMI and %BF) (p < 0.001; r = 0.17). However, when the dependent variables were evaluated separately, there were only differences between groups in %BF (p = 0.007; r = 0.21). Student referees had statistically significantly lower values than the remaining groups. Conclusion: Refereeing activity benefits PF related to health and performance, including body composition. This study confirms the benefits related to health in children and adolescents who are involved in refereeing activity.
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spelling pubmed-101365312023-04-28 Physical Fitness and Body Composition of Youth Referees in Invasion Games Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio Lopes, Helder Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio Clemente, Filipe Manuel Sarmento, Hugo Ihle, Andreas Ferrari, Gerson Luz, Pedro Caldeira, Henrique Marques, Adilson Children (Basel) Article Background: Referees’ activity can be an instrument for training students with an impact on health-related physical fitness (PF). This study aimed to investigate the differences in PF and body composition between students without sports practice (G1), students with regular sports practice (G2), and student referees in team invasion games (G3). Methods: This study followed a cross-sectional design. The sample comprised 45 male students between 14 and 20 years old (16.40 ± 1.85). Three groups (G1, G2, and G3) of 15 participants each were selected. PF was assessed by a 20 m shuttle run, change-of-direction test, and standing long jump. Body composition was determined by body mass index (BMI; kg/m(2)) and the percentage of body fat (%BF) predicted by skinfold. Results: After controlling for age as a covariate, the block of variables used to characterize PF was statistically different between sports practice groups favoring student referees (p < 0.001; r = 0.26). Similar results were achieved for body composition (i.e., BMI and %BF) (p < 0.001; r = 0.17). However, when the dependent variables were evaluated separately, there were only differences between groups in %BF (p = 0.007; r = 0.21). Student referees had statistically significantly lower values than the remaining groups. Conclusion: Refereeing activity benefits PF related to health and performance, including body composition. This study confirms the benefits related to health in children and adolescents who are involved in refereeing activity. MDPI 2023-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10136531/ /pubmed/37189899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10040650 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Luz, Pedro
Caldeira, Henrique
Marques, Adilson
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37189899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10040650
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