{"title":"Animal Studies: Contributions to Exercise Physiology","authors":"M. A. Delbin","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700SI0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700SI0000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"347 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133182959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. H. Gomes, R. Mendes, M. Almeida, M. Zanetti, Gerson dos Santos Leite, Aylton José Ferreira Júnior
{"title":"Relationship between physical fitness and game-related statistics in elite professional basketball players: Regular season vs. playoffs","authors":"J. H. Gomes, R. Mendes, M. Almeida, M. Zanetti, Gerson dos Santos Leite, Aylton José Ferreira Júnior","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700020004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700020004","url":null,"abstract":"AIMS This study aimed to verify th erelation ship between of anthropometric and physical performance variables with game-related statistics in professional elite basketball players during a competition. METHODS Eleven male basketball players were evaluated during 10 weeks in two distinct moments (regular season and playoffs). Overall, 11 variables of physical fitness and 13 variables of game-related statistics were analysed. RESULTS The following significant Pearson’scorrelations were found in regular season: percentage of fat mass with assists (r = -0.62) and steals (r = -0.63); height (r = 0.68), lean mass (r = 0.64), and maximum strength (r = 0.67) with blocks; squat jump with steals (r = 0.63); and time in the T-test with success ful two-point field-goals (r = -0.65), success ful free-throws (r = -0.61), and steals (r = -0.62). However, in playoffs, only stature and lean mass maintained these correlations (p ≤ 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The anthropometric and physical characteristics of the players showed few correlations with the game-related statistics in regular season, and these correlations are even lower in the playoff games of a professional elite Champion ship, wherefore, not being good predictors of technical performance.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115441426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isis Suruagy, A. Baltar, Luis Gomes, Marina Berenguer, A. Dornelas, K. Monte-Silva
{"title":"Intensity-dependent effects of cycling exercise on corticospinal excitability in healthy humans: a pilot study","authors":"Isis Suruagy, A. Baltar, Luis Gomes, Marina Berenguer, A. Dornelas, K. Monte-Silva","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700020002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700020002","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: the aim of this study was to verify the effects of different intensities of locomotor exercise on corticospinal excitability. Methods: 18 healthy subjects (27.6 ± 6.5 years,) participated in a design study of three different exercise protocols on a cycle ergometer: (i) 10 min at 75% Wmax (high intensity); (ii) 15min at 60% Wmax (moderate intensity) or (iii) 30 min at 45% Wmax (low intensity). The protocols of lower body cycling were assigned in random order in separate sessions. A control session was done with subjects at rest. Corticospinal excitability was assessed before (baseline) and every 5 min for 15min after the end of exercise/rest (time: 0, 5, 10 and 15) by measurement of the motor evoked potential (MEP) elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation in the relaxed first-dorsal interosseus muscle. Results: Compared to the resting session, a significant decrease (64%) in the motor evoked potential amplitudes was found only in the session of exercise of high intensity. This result seems depend on the level of physical activity of subject. No change was found after rest, low and moderate exercises. Conclusions: These findings suggest that changes in the corticospinal excitability depend on exercise intensity and level of physical activity of subjects.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116057913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Rodrigues, D. Feriani, B. Gambassi, M. Irigoyen, K. Angelis, Coelho Júnior
{"title":"Exercise training on cardiovascular diseases: Role of animal models in the elucidation of the mechanisms","authors":"B. Rodrigues, D. Feriani, B. Gambassi, M. Irigoyen, K. Angelis, Coelho Júnior","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700SI0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700SI0005","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiovascular diseases, which include hypertension, coronary artery disease/myocardial infarction and heart failure, are one of the major causes of disability and death worldwide. On the other hand, physical exercise acts in the prevention and treatment of these conditions. In fact, several experiments performed in human beings have demonstrated the efficiency of physical exercise to alter clinical signals observed in these diseases, such as high blood pressure and exercise intolerance. However, even if human studies demonstrated the clinical efficiency of physical exercise, most extensive mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon still have to be elucidated. In this sense, studies using animal models seem to be a good option to demonstrate such mechanisms. Therefore, the aims of the present study are describing the main pathophysiological characteristics of the animal models used in the study of cardiovascular diseases, as well as the main mechanisms associated with the benefits of physical exercise.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116237256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Pinto, L. Oliveira, A. Rocha, B. Pereira, G. P. Morais, L. G. D. Vicente, L. P. Moura, J. Pauli, Adelino Sanchez Ramos Silva
{"title":"Hypothalamic endoplasmic reticulum stress of overtrained mice after recovery","authors":"A. Pinto, L. Oliveira, A. Rocha, B. Pereira, G. P. Morais, L. G. D. Vicente, L. P. Moura, J. Pauli, Adelino Sanchez Ramos Silva","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700SI0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700SI0012","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: knowing the relationship between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and inflammation and based on the fact that downhill running-based overtraining (OT) model increases hypothalamus levels of some pro-inflammatory cytokines, we verified the effects of three OT protocols on the levels of BiP, pIRE-1 (Ser734), pPERK (Thr981), pelF2alpha (Ser52), ATF-6 and GRP-94 proteins in the mouse hypothalamus after two weeks of recovery. Methods: the mice were randomized into control (CT), overtrained by downhill running (OTR/down), overtrained by uphill running (OTR/up) and overtrained by running without inclination (OTR) groups. After 2-week total recovery period (i.e., week 10), hypothalamus was removed and used for immunoblotting. Results: the OTR/down group exhibited high levels of BiP and ATF6. The other OT protocols showed higher levels of pPERK (Th981) and pelf-2alpha (Ser52) when compared with the CT group. Conclusion: the current results suggest that after a 2-week total recovery period, the overtrained groups increased partially their ER stress protein levels, but without hypothalamic inflammation, which characterizes a physiological condition related to an adaptation mechanism.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116059087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robson Chacon Castoldi, M. J. Louzada, Bruna R. S. M. Oliveira, G. Ozaki, T. E. Koike, Thiago Alves Garcia, R. Camargo, W. Belangero, José Carlos Silva Camargo Filho
{"title":"Effects of aerobic, anaerobic, and concurrent training on bone mineral density of rats","authors":"Robson Chacon Castoldi, M. J. Louzada, Bruna R. S. M. Oliveira, G. Ozaki, T. E. Koike, Thiago Alves Garcia, R. Camargo, W. Belangero, José Carlos Silva Camargo Filho","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700010011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700010011","url":null,"abstract":"A sample of 39 rats were divided into the following groups: baseline (BL); aerobic training (ET4 and ET8); anaerobic training (ST4 and ST8); and concurrent training (CT4 and CT8). The aerobic training was performed by swimming with a load corresponding to 70% of the anaerobic threshold; the anaerobic training was performed by jumping in water with a load corresponding to 50% of body weight; and the concurrent training combined the two protocols. The analysis of BMDwas performed on the tibia of the animals and showed an increase in the density of the ST4, CT4, ET8, ST8, and CT8 groups when compared with both the BL and ET4. Thus, it is concluded that anaerobic exercise was shown to be effective in increasing the BMD of animals afterfour weeks of training; however, aerobic training was only able to raise BMD following eight weeks of training.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127226483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intermanual Transfer of Learning in a Fine Manual Skill Task","authors":"S. Batista, Paula Rodrigues, O. Vasconcelos","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700010002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700010002","url":null,"abstract":"Intermanual Transfer of Learning (IMTL) is the ability to learn a certain skill in an easier way with one hand after that skill has been learnt by the opposite hand(1). This research aimed to investigate IMTL in a Fine Manual Dexterity (FMD) task in subjects presenting different Hand Preference (HP). The sample comprised 882 right and left-handers, both genders, aged 6 to 95 years old. The Dutch Handedness Questionnaire(2) was used to assess HP and the Purdue Pegboard Test(3) evaluated FMD. Direction and intensity of HP, Direction of Transfer (DT), gender, age and nationality were analyzed. IMTL changed according to DT and age, tending to be asymmetric, holding high values in the direction of Non-Preferred Hand (NPH) to Preferred Hand (PH). Children had got a higher IMTL rather than youngsters, adults and old adults with significant differences in adults.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117015479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. J. Soares, Alex Sandra Oliveira de Cerqueira, L. Mochizuki, J. C. Serrão, J. Vilas-Boas, A. Amadio
{"title":"Biomechanical Parameters in Children with Unilateral and Bilateral Clubfoot during Vertical Jumps","authors":"R. J. Soares, Alex Sandra Oliveira de Cerqueira, L. Mochizuki, J. C. Serrão, J. Vilas-Boas, A. Amadio","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700010006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700010006","url":null,"abstract":"Gait analysis may offer information to choose the best exercise-based clinical intervention for the children with clubfoot. However, other motor abilities are not commonly investigated. The aim of this research was to analyze the biomechanics of countermovement vertical jumping in clubfooted children who had undergone surgery. Fourteen children with idiopathic clubfoot were selected and the control group consisted of 11 children. Clubfooted children showed less dorsiflexion in the jump preparation phase. In the impulse phase, this group showed more knee flexion and less plantarflexion associated with less magnitude of vertical reaction force and less muscular activity in the gastrocnemius medialis. In the landing phase, for clubfoot group, we found high loading rate for the first peak of vertical force, less plantarflexion and more knee flexion. Understanding the biomechanical changes of vertical jump landing should assist in better targeting of physical and sporting activities of this population.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125257831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of educational training on nutrition and weight control in under-18 Spanish wrestlers","authors":"Andrea Visiedo, J. Palao","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700010012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700010012","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a formative program concerning nutrition, weight control, and its risks wrestlers under the age of 18 (under-18) at the Spanish national level. The sample comprised 36 under-18 wrestlers that were pre-selected for the Spanish national team. A quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test was used. The dependent variableswere the knowledge of nutrition and weight control and its risks. The independent variable was the educational program. The program had three 30-minute sessions that combined talks, videos, and tasks to complete. Descriptive and inferential analyses were done (t-test, Wilcoxon test). Results indicate that the educational program was effective at increasing under-18 wrestlers’ knowledge about weight control and its risks,but was ineffective with regard to nutrition knowledge. The paper concludes with a discussion regarding the effect of the intervention program, the difficulties with including this type of knowledge and skill in the preparation of combat sport athletes, and the need for further research in this area.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131000193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Janssen Gomes da Cruz, Paloma da Silva Rolim, Deleon de Souza Pires, Christopher Marcos Oliveira Mendes, Gabriel Monteiro de Paula, L. G. G. Porto, G. L. Garcia, G. E. Molina
{"title":"Reliability of heart rate variability threshold and parasympathetic reactivation after a submaximal exercise test","authors":"Carlos Janssen Gomes da Cruz, Paloma da Silva Rolim, Deleon de Souza Pires, Christopher Marcos Oliveira Mendes, Gabriel Monteiro de Paula, L. G. G. Porto, G. L. Garcia, G. E. Molina","doi":"10.1590/S1980-6574201700010010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-6574201700010010","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to evaluate reproducibility of heart rate variability threshold (HRVT) and parasympathetic reactivation in physically active men (n= 16, 24.3 ± 5.1 years). During the test, HRVT was assessed by SD1 and r-MSSD dynamics. Immediately after exercise, r-MSSD was analyzed in segments of 60 seconds for a period of five minutes. High absolute and relatively reproducible analysis of HRVT were observed, as assessed by SD1 and r-MSSD dynamics (ICC = 0.92, CV = 10.8, SEM = 5.8). During the recovery phase, a moderate to high reproducibility was observed for r-MSSD from the first to the fifth minute (ICC = 0.69-0.95, CV = 7.5-14.2, SEM = 0.07-1.35). We conclude that HRVT and r-MSSD analysis after a submaximal stress test are highly reproducible measures that might be used to assess the acute and chronic effects of exercise training on cardiac autonomic modulation during and/or after a submaximal stress test.","PeriodicalId":267352,"journal":{"name":"Motriz-revista De Educacao Fisica","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117333989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}