Nível de aptidão física relacionada à saúde de participantes de projetos de dança do IEFES-UFC

Abstract

Physical fitness relates to an individual's ability to exert effort and adapt to diverse situations with little difficulty. Obtaining physical fitness needs a regular practice of physical activities/exercises. Dance as a physical activity emerges as an option to obtain health and physical fitness, but few quantitative studies indicate the physiological interferences of this practice. Fifty-one volunteer subjects of both sexes, aged 21.82±3.53 years, were analyzed; the overall BMI (23.02±3.46 kg/m²) was in the normal weight range; the waist circumference showed acceptable values for women (72.06±6.47) and men (78±10.2); the WHR had a total mean of 0.77±0.06, representing a low risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and the general EKR was 0.46±0.04, classified below the health risk value. The overall flexibility of the participants (34.95±8.67cm) was within the expected mean for the parameter. Cardiorespiratory fitness had an overall mean of 37.01±2.88mL/kg/min, being reasonable for women (36.18 ± 2.39 mL / kg / min) and good for men (38.29±3.16 mL/Kg/min). The abdominal test presented results classified as mean for female (30.32 ± 8.29) and male (34.35±9.76). For explosive strength, mean values generated results of 3.31±0.89m for upper limbs and 27.31±8.22cm for lower limbs, the results being better in men than in women. The study showed good conditions regarding the physical fitness of the participants of the IEFES-UFC dance groups. It is suggested to perform a comparative research (before and after season) to evaluate the contribution of dance in the variables that make up the physical fitness related to health.