Match-play activity profile in professional soccer players during official games and the relationship between external and internal load.

AIM: The aim was to quantify for the first time the physical and physiological profile of professional soccer players in official games using GPS and heart rate (HR) response. METHODS: Thirty professional soccer players were investigated during a half in competitive club level matches (N.=348) using GPS devices. RESULTS: The relative total distance was 118.9±10.7 m∙min(-1) and player's Work-To-Rest Ratio was 2.1:1. Defenders covered the lowest total distance, while Second-Strikers (2(nd)S) and Wide-Midfielders (W-MD) traveled the greatest total distance. Defenders presented the lowest Work-To-Rest Ratio values. Playing position also impacted on all sprinting performance results, except in average sprint distance and time of sprint. The number of sprints and repeated-sprint sequences recorded by the W-MD and Strikers (S) were significantly greater than any other group. The average HR recorded was 87.1%HRmax and the relationship between the external and internal load value (Effindex) was 1.4 with significant differences in both between playing positions. W-MD recorded a significantly smaller average HR than any other group and Centre-Backs showed a significantly smaller Effindex value than any other group. Conversely, W-MD showed a significantly greater Effindex value than any other group, except the 2(nd)S. CONCLUSION: This study has verified a number of statistically significant differences between the different playing positions. Coaches should be focused on the specific physical and physiological requirements of the playing positions to optimize the training prescription in soccer. The relationships between external and internal load measures among position-specific indicates that players with less overall running performance during match-play were the worst in Effindex.

Avaliação do atendimento pelo programa Aprendendo com Saúde na Coordenadoria Regional de Saúde Sul da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo

O Programa Aprendendo com Saúde (APD) têm como objetivo a promoção, prevenção e a assistência à saúde do escolar, sendo normatizado em setembro de 2007 com o objetivo de ampliar e aperfeiçoar o Programa Municipal de Atenção á Saúde do Escolar

Avaliação do atendimento pelo programa aprendendo com saúde na coordenadoria regional de saúde sul da secretaria municipal de saúde de São Paulo / Evaluation of the program by learning from the health regional health south municipal health secretariat of Sao Paulo

O Programa Aprendendo com Saúde (APD) têm como objetivo a promoção, prevenção e a assistência à saúde do escolar, sendo normatizado em setembro de 2007 com o objetivo de ampliar e aperfeiçoar o Programa Municipal de Atenção á Saúde do Escolar.

Effect of plyometric training on chair-rise, jumping and sprinting performance in three age groups of women.

AIM: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of 8-wk periodized plyometric training (PT) on chair-rise, jumping and sprinting performance in three groups of women of different age (40-50; 50-60; 60-70 years). METHODS: This study involved a group of 55 women between the ages of 40 and 70 with no PT experience participating in a gymnastic program and recreational activity that did not involve jumping and who had participated since five years. All tests to determine the values of strength endurance, vertical jumping performance (VJP) and velocity were carried out before (PRE), after (POST) and following 8 weeks of rest (DETRAINING) of the 8 weeks of PT. The performance tests were completed in 3 days. RESULTS: The primary finding of this investigation indicates that low impact PT using moderate volume of jumps produced similar enhancements in the three age groups of women in jumping and chair-rise performance (30 CST) (ranging 15-24 %). There were no enhancements in 10 m-sprint time in any of the age groups. In addition, 8 weeks of detraining following an 8 week PT program resulted in similar decreases in chair-rise and jumping performance in all training groups, whereas no further changes were observed in 10-m sprint time. CONCLUSION: The low impact PT proposed appears to be an optimal stimulus for improving VJP and 30 CST during short-term training periods in untrained middle-aged and elderly women.