CORRELATIONS BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE OF EXPERIENCED WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to verify the correlation between the functional classification (FC) and the level of motor performance of experienced wheelchair basketball (BCR) athletes. Through a cross-sectional observational study, 10 BCR players were recruited to perform the aerobic capacity test, the speed test, and the agility test with and without the ball. Through the association analysis using the Spearman correlation test and a p of was adopted, it can be observed that there was a strong inverse correlation, with a significance level set at 5% (p<0.05). It was observed that FC did not correlate with aerobic capacity (r=0.278; p= 0.436). On the other hand, a correlation was observed between FC and speed (r= -0.759; p= 0.011), agility with the ball (r= -0.864; p= 0.001) and agility without the ball (r= -0.762; p= 0.010), between CF and agility and speed tests, while no significant results were observed when compared to the east of aerobic capacity. With this, it can be said that athletes with higher FC will present a better performance in game attributes when compared to athletes with smaller FC, this finding helps the coaches and coaches of the teams in the periodization of training and in the elaboration of game strategies during the matches.

Received on: 2022/11/25

Reformulated on: 2022/12/26

Accepted: 2022/12/26