Associação entre a prática da capoeira e a flexibilidade

Abstract

Capoeira is a cultural expression that brings together various elements in its construction. Although it is an important element of our culture suffers from lack of more robust research regarding the performance and physical capabilities. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between the practice of capoeira and flexibility. Methods: The present study included 51 subjects divided into Capoeira Group (GCP) (n = 28) and control group (GCO) (n = 21). To evaluate the flexibility test was used sit and reach. We also used the t-student test for independent samples. The association between flexibility and practice of Capoeira was used chi-square test. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 17.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). All statistical analysis was performed adopting a significance level of 5%. Results: In an analysis of frequency realize that 71.4% of GCP value obtained excellent or above average, however, the GCO this value was 8.7%. The association between the practice of capoeira with the level of flexibility is confirmed by inference analysis the chi-square test (χ2 = 23.29, p = 0.001). When comparing the groups we can observe a significant difference on flexibility, in which the GCP had mean of 35.8 ± 8.7 cm, while the GCO 20.6 ± 9.3 cm (p = 0.001). Conclusions: Capoeira practitioners had generally classified as excellent flexibility. There was a strong association between being flexible and being capoeira practitioner.