Characterization of Reproductive and Morphological Variables in Female Elite Futsal Players.

Autor:	Queiroga MR; Department of Physical Education, Midwestern Paraná State University - UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Brazil., da Silva DF; Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Ferreira SA; Department of Physical Education, Midwestern Paraná State University - UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Brazil., Weber VMR; Associated Graduate Program in Physical Education UEM/UEL, Londrina, Brazil., Fernandes DZ; Associated Graduate Program in Physical Education UEM/UEL, Londrina, Brazil., Cavazzotto TG; Department of Physical Education, Midwestern Paraná State University - UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Brazil., Portela BS; Department of Physical Education, Midwestern Paraná State University - UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Brazil., Tartaruga MP; Department of Physical Education, Midwestern Paraná State University - UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Brazil., Nascimento MA; Department of Physical Education, Paraná State University - UNESPAR, Paranavaí, Brazil., Vieira ER; Department of Physical Therapy, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2021 May 05; Vol. 12, pp. 625354. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 05 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625354
Abstrakt:	We aimed to characterize the age of onset of training, age at menarche, menstrual periodicity, and performance perception during the menstrual cycle and examined the impact of these reproductive variables on body composition, morphology, and body weight satisfaction in Brazilian elite futsal players. The study consisted of 115 female Brazilian elite futsal players from the top national teams. Data were collected during the twentieth Women's Brazil Futsal Cup. Players were interviewed and self-reported their age of onset of training, age at menarche, menstrual periodicity, and the menstrual period, where they performed best. We also asked for what they considered to be their ideal body weight as well as information related to their training (i.e., volume and frequency). Subsequently, anthropometric measurements (i.e., body mass, height, circumferences, diameters, and skinfold thickness) were performed to estimate the body composition and determine morphological characteristics (e.g., somatotype). Fifty-nine (53.2%) players were postmenarche-trained and 52 (46.8%) were premenarche-trained. Eighteen (16.2%), 65 (58.6%), and 28 (25.2%) were classified as early, normal, and late menarche, respectively. Only 11 (9.6%) and 1 (0.9%) had irregular menstrual cycles and were amenorrheic, respectively. Seventy-three (69.5%), 23 (21.9%), and 9 (8.6%) reported that their game performance was the best at the follicular phase, menses, and luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, respectively. No associations between the four reproductive-related variables were found. Postmenarche-trained players had significant lower age at menarche and higher percentage body fat. The somatotype profile registered lower ectomorphy rate for the postmenarche-trained participants after controlling for covariates. Early menarche group presented higher sum of six skinfold thickness and endomorphy rate compared to normal and late menarche groups. No differences were found when menstrual periodicity groups and best performance groups were compared, except for higher femur width in the regular menstrual cycle group compared to the irregular one. The association between body weight satisfaction and the four reproductive-related variables were not observed. Premenarche-trained Brazilian elite futsal players had the menarche later than the postmenarche-trained athletes. Most of the participants had menarche age classified as "normal," presented "regular" menstrual cycles and perceived to perform better during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2021 Queiroga, da Silva, Ferreira, Weber, Fernandes, Cavazzotto, Portela, Tartaruga, Nascimento and Vieira.)
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