International football players with cerebral palsy maintained their physical fitness after a self-training program during the COVID-19 lockdown
| Autor: | Peña-González I, Sarabia JM, Manresa-Rocamora A, Moya-Ramón M |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | PeerJ r-ISABIAL. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica y Sanitaria de Alicante instname |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 global pandemic caused a complete stop in sport participation which meant a detraining period for athletes. High-level athletes had to train at home guided by their coaches and conditioning trainers in an effort to maintain their physical fitness. The aim of maintaining the training adaptations and physical fitness during the COVID-19 mandatory lockdown was especially important for CP athletes, in which the detraining period was expected to cause early declines in motor function, poor coordination and muscle weakness due to their disability. METHODS: The present study assessed the effect of a guided self-training program on international CP football players' physical fitness during the COVID-19 mandatory lockdown. Fifteen CP football players from the Spanish National Team participated in the study. An experimental design with a pre- (T1) and a post-intervention (T2) assessment was carried out, with a 12-week period of players' self-training (divided in two periods of 6 weeks) which combined strength and endurance training. Physical performance assessment consisted in the free countermovement jump (CMJ), 5, 10 and 20-m sprint, the modified agility T-test (MAT) and a dribbling test. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used for between-group comparisons, while the Student's paired t test or the Fisher Pitman permutation test, based on the normality of the data, were used for within-group comparisons. RESULTS: The results showed no differences between sport classes (FT1, FT2 and FT3) in physical fitness change after the training program (Chi(2) = 0.16 to 1.73; p = 0.42 to 0.92). Within-group comparisons showed an increase of jump height in the CMJ (4.19 cm [2.46, 5.93]; p < 0.001) and a maintenance of the 5, 10 and 20-m sprint, MAT and dribbling ability ( |
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