Running speeds at maximal oxygen consumption and ventilatory threshold were significantly higher in professional futsal players compared to semiprofessionals (p=0.001 and p=0.030, respectively).
Cross-Sectional (n=20)
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Do running speeds at ventilatory threshold and maximal oxygen consumption discriminate futsal competitive level?
Running speeds at ventilatory threshold and maximal oxygen consumption, rather than VO2max itself, are sensitive markers for discriminating the competitive level of futsal players.
valor p: p=0.001 and 0.030
Pedro, RE, Milanez, VF, Boullosa, DA, and Nakamura, FY. Running speeds at ventilatory threshold and maximal oxygen consumption discriminate futsal competitive level. J Strength Cond Res 27(2): 514–518, 2013—We tested the hypothesis that maximal oxygen uptake and ventilatory threshold (VT), and their respective speeds (SVCombining Dot AboveO2max and SVT) could discriminate the competitive level of futsal players. The outfield players of a high-level Brazilian professional futsal team (N = 9; age 22.6 ± 4.2 years; body mass 70.6 ± 6.4 kg; height 174.3 ± 6.0 cm), and a semiprofessional team (N = 11; age 17.2 ± 0.8 years; body mass 70.4 ± 6.5 kg; height 175.0 ± 4.0 cm), volunteered for participation in this study. Subsequently, they were evaluated during an incremental treadmill test for the determination of cardiorespiratory variables, SVCombining Dot AboveO2max, and SVT. Both teams exhibited a similar body mass and VCombining Dot AboveO2max (p = 0.542 and p = 0.427), whereas the SVCombining Dot AboveO2max and the SVT were significantly higher in the professional team (p = 0.001 and p = 0.030, respectively). Additionally, the professional team exhibited both lower HR at VT (p = 0.046) and HRmax (p = 0.002). However, the %HRmax at VT did not differ between groups (p = 0.912). These results remained similar after adjusting for the age differences between groups (p = 0.106). It was concluded that both SVCombining Dot AboveO2max and SVT were sensitive for detecting differences in the competitive level of futsal players, whereas VCombining Dot AboveO2max and VT were not.
Pedro et al. (Fri,) conducted a cross-sectional in Futsal players (n=20). Professional competitive level vs. Semiprofessional competitive level was evaluated on Running speeds at maximal oxygen consumption (SVO2max) and ventilatory threshold (SVT) (p=0.001 and 0.030). Running speeds at maximal oxygen consumption and ventilatory threshold were significantly higher in professional futsal players compared to semiprofessionals (p=0.001 and p=0.030, respectively).
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