Abstract

COLANTONIO, Emilson; BARROS, Ronaldo V.  and  KISS, Maria Augusta. Comparative analysis between female swimmers and non-swimmers in peak oxygen uptake. Rev. Port. Cien. Desp. [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.1, pp.96-102. ISSN 1645-0523.

The main purpose of the present study was: a) to compare the variation values VO_2peak variation between different female age-groups; b) to compare VO_2peak values (absolute and relative), between female swimmers (Sw) and non-swimmers (NSw) for the same age-group. The sample was composed by seventy four female volunteers, ranging in age from 7 to 17 years (34Sw e 40NSw), and grouped in different ages: 7-10; 11-14; and 15-17 years, making six under groups: three groups composed entirely by female swimmers (Sw1, n=13; Sw2, n=12; Sw3, n=09), and three groups composed by non swimmers (NSw1, n=12; NSw2, n=14; NSw3, n=14), respectively. The VO_2peak values were attained by the VO2000® gas analysis system and Inbrasport ATL® treadmill, using adapted Bruce protocol. The results pointed out an increment on absolute VO_2peak values among the all age-groups considering NSw and Sw groups. The same was not observed for relative VO_2peak values. The Sw always presented higher values in comparison with NSw. These findings suggest that this behavior is a result of natural development of the subjects’ more than swimming training. The results also suggest, that relative VO_2peak can not to be considered a very pertinent to evaluate the aerobic fitness of children and adolescents.

Keywords : metabolic values; children and adolescents; athletes and non-athletes.

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