1. Jelena Nišević, Serbia
Introduction: Thai kickboxing is a combat martial art with 8-contact surfaces. There are two large macro cycles during the year. They start by increase of aerobic capacity, power and anaerobic capacity. The aim of this study is to analyze the anaerobic capacity and muscle strength in stages of training cycles in athletes involved in Thai boxing.
Material and methods: Testing was conducted at the Laboratory for Functional Diagnostics Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad. The studied group consisted of 15 athletes, mean age 22 ± 3 years. The tests that we used in this study were Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT) and dynamometric determination of muscle strength.
Results: In the competitors group we observed a statistically significant increase in mean and peak anaerobic power on the second test, in comparison with first test (WAnT). In the group of amateurs, statistically significant increases were absent. In competitors group we observed a statistically significant increase of values in the speed of contraction, of extensors of the upper extremities, while in the group of amateurs we observed a statistically significant increase in the values of speed in flexors of upper extremities. In both groups of athletes lower extremities did not significantly increase in speed and strength.
Conclusion: Fitness training during the last phase of micro cycle led to an increase in anaerobic capacity (MP and PP) in a group of competitors. The values of muscle contraction speed of forearm flexors (in a group of amateurs), and of muscle contraction speed in the forearm extensors (in group of competitors), significantly increased in the last phase of the micro cycle. The values of muscle strength showed no statistically significant changes, due to chronic adaptation to physical exertion.
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Tematska oblast:
Medicinske nauke
Datum:
05.10.2014.
7. Studenti u susret nauci sa međunarodnim učešćem, StES2014
