Muscle strength and anaerobic performance in football players with cerebral palsy

作者：Yanci Javier^*; Castagna Carlo; Los Arcos Asier; Santalla Alfredo; Grande Ignacio; Figueroa Joaquin; Camara Jesus

来源：Disability and Health Journal, 2016, 9(2): 313-319.

DOI：10.1016/j.dhjo.2015.11.003

• Physical impairment
• Muscle function
• Vertical jump
• Physical performance
• Wingate test

Background: This is the first study that quantified the anaerobic performance in football players with cerebral palsy (CP).
Objective: This study aimed to examine anaerobic fitness in a population of football players with CP using vertical jumping (VJ) and Wingate tests.
Methods: Twelve players (age 26.8 +/- 4.8 yr, body mass 66.2 +/- 4.8 kg, height 173.7 +/- 6.4 cm, body mass index 22.2 +/- 1.9 kg m(-2)) from the Spanish National Football Team with CP which had 9.4 (+/-) 3.7 years of playing experience performed the VJ and Wingate anaerobic tests.
Results: Vertical jump height was 20.0 +/- 1.2 cm for squat jump (HSJ) and 23.9 +/- 5.4 cm for countermovement jump (HCMJ). Wingate test peak power (PPOW) was 490.6 +/- 125.8W(7.35 +/- 1.53Wkg(-1)). HCMJ was largely (r = -0.631, p=0.028) and very-largely (r = -0.710, p=0.01) associated with PPOW(Wkg(-1)) and mean power output (MPOW) (W kg(-1)), respectively. Squat jump test peak power (W) showed a large association (r = -0.656, p = 0.021) with MPOW (Wand W kg(-1)). The CMJ height resulted 19.5% higher than SJ.
Conclusions: Results showed low VJ and anaerobic capacity of football players with CP compared to national players without CP and the general population. In football players with CP the difference (19.5%) between VJ with or without countermovement (CMJ-SJ) was higher than reported for national players without CP. Further studies examining the effect of football practice on neuromuscular performance in subjects with CP are warranted.

• 出版日期2016-4