Abstract
The practice of artistic gymnastics for children and adolescents develop both motor vocabulary, cognitive aspects and affective partners. The aim of the study was to analyze physical fitness characteristics related to sports performance of adolescents practicing artistic gymnastics. This study is a systematic review and used the following databases: Scielo, PubMed and SportDiscus, with no starting date and using as final cutoff the month of February 2017. The search strategy was based on the identification of the Population of adolescents practicing artistic gymnastics and outcome related to physical fitness characteristics related to sports performance, and allowed verifying how studies were evaluated. There was a predominance of studies related to anthropometric variables, such as BMI and body fat percentage (%F) of gymnasts. Based on this type of study, the information available in this study will contribute to help physical education professionals and other researchers in the field with current publications related to these aspects, according to the results of this study, particularly in the pedagogical information for coaches.
Highlights
The term gymnastics, originating from the word Gyminastiké, expresses “the art of exercising the body to strengthen it and give it agility”[1]
Alves and Alves[3] affirm that the practice of artistic gymnastics develops in children and adolescents motor vocabulary, cognitive aspects and affective partner
The strategy used for Scielo was: ((((((((((((“Athletes”[Mesh]) AND “Gymnastics”[Mesh]) OR “Exercise”[Mesh]) OR “Sports”[Mesh]) AND “Physical Fitness”[Mesh]) OR “Walking Speed”[Mesh]) OR “Physical Endurance”[Mesh]) OR “Muscle Strength”[Mesh]) OR “Pliability”[Mesh]) OR “Body Composition”[Mesh]) OR “Body Mass Index”[Mesh]) OR “Skinfold Thickness”[Mesh]) OR “Cardiorespiratory Fitness”[Mesh] The strategy used for SportDiscus was: “Athletes” AND “Gymnastics” AND “Exercise” OR “Sports” OR “Cardiorespiratory Fitness” OR “Physical Fitness” OR “Walking Speed” OR “Physical Endurance” OR “Skinfold Thickness” OR “Muscle Strength” OR “Pliability” OR “Body Mass Index” The search strategy was based on the identification of the population of adolescents practicing artistic gymnastics and outcome related to physical fitness characteristics related to sports performance: strength, localized muscle strength, flexibility, speed, power, agility, cardiorespiratory fitness, motor coordination and anthropometric variables
Summary
The term gymnastics, originating from the word Gyminastiké, expresses “the art of exercising the body to strengthen it and give it agility”[1]. Gymnastics and its characteristic elements were already perceived long before Christ in various civilizations of antiquity considered a form of physical activity through the daily needs of the people of that time, as well as acrobatic and rhythmic practices[2]. Alves and Alves[3] affirm that the practice of artistic gymnastics develops in children and adolescents motor vocabulary, cognitive aspects and affective partner. According to Nunomura and Nista-Piccolo[4], the AG context is composed of 19 elements fundamental for human motor development, such as rolling, balancing, jumping, spinning, among many others. Some studies have emphasized that flexibility is considered an important physical fitness component related to health and athletic performance for children and adolescents[6]. Flexibility is a physical quality more predominant in girls than in boys, because females have wider hips, allowing greater levels of flexibility in this region compared to males[7]
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