Análise das medidas corporais dos atletas de natação paralímpica da Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the body measurements of Paralympic swimming athletes. The work comprises the analysis of anthropometric data of 6 athletes between 6 and 22 years old enrolled at the Paralympic Reference Center of Goiânia (CRP-Goiânia) who had a frequency of 3 training sessions per week without interruption for a period of 6 months. The study makes a comparison between 2 tests, at the beginning and end of the semester, in relation to body mass index. Analyzes the sociocultural and historical conditions that enable the practice of sports for people with disabilities, such as the history of Paralympic swimming, which grew together with the emergence of the sport and how training played an active role in changing these data throughout the experimental period.