Força de preensão manual e maturação somática em adolescentes

Abstract

The Physical Education in Schools has a large range of possibilities to guide its own content, one of them is the Physical Aptitude Related to Health which among other objectives aims to teach the students about the benefits of regular physical activity, how to reach and maintain them. The somatic maturation and muscular strength are concepts directly related to applications of classes based on health indicators improvement from gains of physical aptitude. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the handgrip strength (HS) during somatic maturation (peak of height velocity, PHV) on teenagers in the city of Maceió - Alagoas who were participants of the project “Esportes sem fronteiras”, interpreting it in different relativizations in relation to health. Methods: Cross-Sectional study comprising of 100 students from ambulatory of Hebiatrics of Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes (HUPAA). The collected data to analyze the present study was: 1) Physical Growth and Development; 2) Body Composition; 3) Physical Aptitude; 4) Life-Style and Society. Results: Girls showed bigger averages of Peak of Height Velocity (2,2 years vs 0,2 years), the average of hand grip strength in boys were bigger than girls (55,9 kgf vs 69,4 kgf), significantly correlations occurred between handgrip strength during Peak Of Height Velocity of both sexes. Conclusion: Evaluation of overall HS and normalized variables during somatic maturity from teenagers of this study made possible to identify that overall HS tends to increase during PHV and it is also significantly correlated to PHV for both sexes.