Longitudinal Changes of Functional Capacities Among Adolescent Female Basketball Players.

ABSTRACT: Background: The interpretation of young athletes' performance during pubertal years is important to support coaches' decisions, as performance may be erroneously interpreted due to the misalignment between chronological age (CA), biological age (BA) and sport age (SA). Aim: Using a Bayesian multilevel approach, the variation in longitudinal changes in performance was examined considering the influence of CA, BA (age at menarche), SA, body size, and exposure to training among female basketball players. Method: The study had a mixed-longitudinal design. Thirty eight female basketball players (aged 13.38 ± 1.25 years at baseline) were measured three times per season. CA, BA and SA were obtained. Anthropometric and functional measures: countermovement jump, Line drill (LD)

SUBMITTER: Carvalho HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6459046 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature