MANUAL GRIP STRENGTH IN JUDOCAS FROM THE PROJECT: `` LUTA QUE TRANSFORMA`` (FIGHT THAT TRANSFORMS)

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.15945824260610

• Palavras-chave: Manual Grip Strength; Children; Judo.

• Keywords: Manual Grip Strength; Children; Judo.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: Changes in strength, power, speed, endurance and physical abilities occur continuously and can highlight the best strategies for identifying talent, preventing diseases, training and increasing performance. Handgrip strength (HGS) is an essential variable in judo, considering that it is a grappling modality. Objective: Identify handgrip strength in judokas from the Project: `` Luta que Transforma`` (``Fight that Transforms”). Materials and methods:57 4th year students participated, 37 females (10.47±0.79 years) and 20 males (10.26±0.52 years); 30 5th year students, 16 females (11.63±0.86 years old) and 14 males (12.37±1.48 years old), from Elementary School at CIEP Luciano Gomes Ribeiro in the city of Valença /RJ. Height, body mass, relative fat percentage (%BF) and handgrip strength test (HGS) were measured. Results: The HGS for 4th year males were 17.7±4.3 Kgf and for females 18.1±3.7 Kgf; for the 5th year, males weighed 22.2±6.5 Kgf and females weighed 23.2±6.9 Kgf. Conclusion: It was concluded what is there prevalence of malnutrition, as well as excess weight. HGS presented higher values for 5th year judokas, of both sexes, compared to their 4th year peers. For male individuals in the 5th year, the HGS values were higher than those referenced in the literature.