Félix Zurita Ortega

Evolutividad de la capacidad flexora según el sexo y el nivel de enseñanza

La flexibilidad es una de las cualidades fisicas basicas que se trabaja tanto en los ciclos de primaria como de secundaria, pero no en la etapa universitaria. De las cuatro cualidades fisicas basicas, la flexibilidad es la unica que disminuye conforme aumenta la edad. Para realizar el estudio se ha contado con una muestra de 410 sujetos (42% varones frente al 58% de mujeres) de 6 a 30 anos de Granada y Almeria. Se empleo el test de flexion profunda de tronco para la recogida y toma de datos, estableciendo que la flexibilidad media de la poblacion era de 22,25 cm. De igual forma, por sexos, las chicas (X = 22,82 cm) eran mas flexibles que los varones (X = 21,46 cm). En cuanto a la evolutividad, es en el rango de 10 a 11 anos cuando se alcanzan los valores mas altos de capacidad flexora, produciendose una disminucion constante conforme aumenta la edad cronologica de los individuos, por lo que el nivel de ensenanza de primaria (24,98 cm) es el que mayores picos de flexibilidad presenta frente a los universitarios, que son los que obtienen los valores mas inferiores (19,50 cm). Finalmente, se ha determinado que al igual que toda la bibliografia consultada, la flexibilidad media disminuye conforme aumenta el rango de edad.

Hiperlaxitud ligamentosa (test de Beighton) en la poblacion escolar de 8 a 12 anos de la provincia de Granada

The Beighton test is the most commonly used tool for detecting ligamentous hiperlaxity, characterized by excessive joint mobility. This descriptive-transversal study examines a sample of 2956 children (49,9% boys and 50,1% girls), from eight to twelve years of age, living in the province of Granada, The study aims to show the incidence level of hiperlaxity among the school-aged population, while establishing its frequency in relation to gender and age, and determining the area with the highest number of cases within the province of Granada. The Beighton test was used for data collection. The sample showed that 25, 4% of individuals got a positive Beighton result (laxity), and girls had a higher incidence level (62,1%) than boys. The results show as well a similar level of incidence among boys and girls between eight and ten years of age; however, the incidence decreases among younger children (under 8 years). Regarding the geographical areas, the distribution is quite heterogeneous, but we were able to highlight the difference between a result of 50% in Area 4 and 12% in Area 2, due to genetic and racial factors. In conclusion, the results obtained through this study show a lower hiperlaxity incidence compared to the results found in the American continent and they are slightly higher than those from other European and African countries.

Actituds cap al dopatge segons l’esport practicat pels joves

espanolEl dopatge es un fenomen que acompanya l’esport d’alta competicio, pero en escasses ocasions s’ha prestat l’atencio necessaria en l’ambit de l’esport d’oci, per la qual cosa la present recerca planteja com a objectiu analitzar i establir les relacions entre les actituds cap a l’us de substancies dopants per part d’estudiants preuniversitaris en funcio del tipus d’esport que practiquin i de si se’ls ha instat alguna vegada al dopatge. Van participar-hi 839 estudiants d’edats compreses entre els 15 i 18 anys (M = 16.22 anys, DE = .77), que va permetre el registre i avaluacio de les variables tipus d’esport, instat al dopatge i actituds cap al dopatge; per a la seva recollida es va utilitzar un questionari ad-hoc i l’escala d’actituds cap al dopatge (PEAS) de Petroczi (2002). Els resultats van mostrar que la majoria dels participants tenen actituds poc permissives cap al dopatge; els joves que practicaven ciclisme, o que realitzaven regularment aixecament de peses tenen actituds mes propenses cap al dopatge; els participants als quals se’ls havia suggerit alguna vegada que es dopessin tenien actituds mes permissives cap al dopatge; els individus que practicaven ciclisme o aixecament de peses van ser aquells als quals mes vegades se’ls havia instat al dopatge EnglishDoping is a phenomenon that is associated with high-level sport, but rarely has it been given the attention it needs in the sphere of recreational sport. Therefore, the goal of this study is to analyse and establish relationships between the attitudes towards the use of doping of pre-university students depending on the kind of sport they do and whether they have ever been urged to use performance-enhancing drugs. A total of 829 students between the ages of 15 and 18 (M = 16.22 years old, SD = .77) participated and the kind of sport, being urged to take performance-enhancing drugs and attitudes towards doping variables were recorded and evaluated. The data were collected in an ad-hoc questionnaire using Petroczi’s (2002) Performance Enhancement Attitudes Scale (PEAS). The results showed that the majority of the participants had attitudes towards doping that are not very permissive; young people who went cycling or who regularly lifted weights have attitudes that are more prone to doping; participants who had been urged to use performance-enhancing drugs had more permissive attitudes towards doping; and individuals who went cycling or did weightlifting were those who had been urged to use performance-enhancing drugs most often.

Hiperlaxity ligamentous (Beighton test) in the 8 to 12 years of age school population in the province of Granada

a b s t r a c t The Beighton test is the most commonly used tool for detecting ligamentous hiperlaxity, characterized by excessive joint mobility. This descriptive cross-sectional study examined a sample of 2956 children (49.9% boys and 50.1% girls), from eight to twelve years of age, living in the province of Granada, The aim of the study is to show the incidence level of hiperlaxity among the school-aged population, while establishing its frequency in relation to gender and age, and determining the area with the highest number of cases within the province of Granada. The Beighton test was employed for data collection. The sample showed that 25, 4% of individuals got a positive Beighton result (laxity), and girls had a higher incidence level (62.1%) than boys. The results show a similar level of incidence among boys and girls between eight and ten years of age as well, however the incidence decreases among young children (under 8 years). Regarding the geographical areas, the distribution is quite heterogeneous, but we were able to highlight the difference between a result of 50% in area 4 and 12% in area 2, due to genetic and racial factors. In conclusion, the results obtained through this study show a lower incidence of hiperlaxity compared to the results found in the American continent being slightly higher than those from other European and African countries.