Monitoring In-Water and Dryland Interlimb Asymmetry of Young Competitive Swimmers: Insights Across a Training Macrocycle
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Study Design and Training Characteristics
2.3. Anthropometric and Performance Measurements
2.4. In-Water Symmetry
2.5. Dryland Symmetry
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M1 | M2 | p | d | ∆ |
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Anthropometrics | |||||
BM, kg | 48.14 ± 8.63 | 48.16 ± 7.48 | 0.959 | 0.00 | 0.34 |
Height, m | 156.99 ± 7.82 | 158.19 ± 7.82 | <0.01 | 0.15 | 0.76 |
AS, m | 157.18 ± 9.56 | 158.36 ± 9.81 | <0.01 | 0.12 | 0.74 |
HSA D, cm2 | 102.26 ± 11.90 | 106.76 ± 12.74 | <0.01 | 0.37 | 4.14 |
In-water | |||||
FpeakD, N | 48.59 ± 11.52 | 49.43 ± 9.95 | 0.735 | 0.08 | 7.80 |
FpeakND, N | 54.01 ± 12.79 | 56.88 ± 13.90 | 0.255 | 0.21 | 10.61 |
SyIwater, % | 18.02 ± 15.21 | 18.11 ± 12.51 | 0.982 | 0.01 | -- |
Dryland | |||||
IRD, N | 90.68 ± 20.03 | 94.82 ± 21.04 | 0.344 | 0.20 | 2.22 |
IRND, N | 72.91 ± 13.70 | 74.49 ± 14.97 | 0.462 | 0.11 | 0.96 |
SyIland, % | 23.78 ± 14.34 | 24.97 ± 20.12 | 0.758 | 0.07 | -- |
Performance and RFT | |||||
T25, s | 17.51 ± 1.40 | 16.80 ± 1.22 | <0.01 | 0.54 | −4.32 |
RFTD, % | 55.46 ± 15.50 | 54.12 ± 13.79 | 0.698 | 0.09 | -- |
RFTND, % | 74.66 ± 14.13 | 76.38 ± 10.14 | 0.606 | 0.14 | -- |
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Costa, M.J.; Marinho, D.A.; Reis, J.F.; Espada, M.C.; Santos, C.C. Monitoring In-Water and Dryland Interlimb Asymmetry of Young Competitive Swimmers: Insights Across a Training Macrocycle. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 11858. https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411858
Costa MJ, Marinho DA, Reis JF, Espada MC, Santos CC. Monitoring In-Water and Dryland Interlimb Asymmetry of Young Competitive Swimmers: Insights Across a Training Macrocycle. Applied Sciences. 2024; 14(24):11858. https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411858
Chicago/Turabian StyleCosta, Mário J., Daniel A. Marinho, Joana F. Reis, Mário C. Espada, and Catarina C. Santos. 2024. "Monitoring In-Water and Dryland Interlimb Asymmetry of Young Competitive Swimmers: Insights Across a Training Macrocycle" Applied Sciences 14, no. 24: 11858. https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411858
APA StyleCosta, M. J., Marinho, D. A., Reis, J. F., Espada, M. C., & Santos, C. C. (2024). Monitoring In-Water and Dryland Interlimb Asymmetry of Young Competitive Swimmers: Insights Across a Training Macrocycle. Applied Sciences, 14(24), 11858. https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411858