Assessments of Anthropometric, Physiological and Fitness Indicators According to Sex and Age in Participants of a Swimming Program

Abstract

espanolEl proposito de este estudio fue evaluar variables antropometricas, fisiologicas y de aptitud fisica relacionadas con la salud en 158 participantes de un programa de natacion (89 hombres y 69 mujeres) distribuidos en tres grupos de edad (18-29 anos, 30-39 anos y 40-48 anos). Los protocolos utilizados fueron: analisis de bioimpedancia para determinar el peso corporal (PC), porcentaje de grasa corporal (PGC) e indice de masa corporal (IMC), una cinta metrica para medir la circunferencia de cintura (CC), un esfigmomanometro automatico para obtener la presion arterial diastolica (PAD) y diastolica (PAS), la prueba de Set and Reach y prueba de Push up para evaluar la flexibilidad y resistencia muscular respectivamente. Los resultados evidenciaron que el PGC y en el IMC fueron las inconstantes en las que mayor cantidad de personas presentaron valores no saludables, de acuerdo con parametros internacionales. Se encontraron diferencias significativas (p EnglishThis study aimed to assess anthropometric, physiological, and fitness variables related to health in 158 participants of a swimming program (89 men and 69 women), distributed in three age groups (18-29 years, 30-39 years, 40-48 years). The following protocols were used: 1) bioimpedance analysis to determine the body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), and body fat percentage (BFP); 2) a measuring tape to measure waist circumference (WC); 3) an automatic sphygmomanometer to obtain systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure; 4) a Sit and Reach test was used to evaluate flexibility and the push-up test to evaluate muscular endurance. The results showed that BFP and (BMI) were the variables in which the highest number of people presented unhealthy values, according to international parameters. Significant differences (p