Endurance assessment in handballa systematic review

  1. Alba Camacho-Cardenosa 1
  2. Marta Camacho-Cardenosa 1
  3. Javier Brazo-Sayavera 2
  1. 1 Faculty of Sport Sciences. University of Extremadura, Spain.
  2. 2 Institute of Physical Education. University of the Republic., Uruguay
Revista:
European Journal of Human Movement

ISSN: 0214-0071 2386-4095

Año de publicación: 2019

Número: 43

Páginas: 13-39

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: European Journal of Human Movement

Resumen

Aunque recientes estudios han mostrado que el entrenamiento de resistencia de alta intensidad debería tener más protagonismo en la planificación completa de una temporada de balonmano, una alta capacidad aeróbica también podría ser importante para mantener el nivel de rendimiento a lo largo de los 60 minutos de un partido. A pesar de que existen en la literatura diferentes test para evaluar la resistencia, suelen ser usados sin una clara lógica, independientemente de la edad, nivel o género. Una revisión de la literatura científica en cuanto a los test de resistencia utilizados en el balonmano podría ser un primer paso para solucionar esta problemática. Métodos: En las conocidas bases de datos Pubmed, Web of Science y Sport Discuss fueron seleccionados artículos publicados entre 2002 y 2019 escritos en inglés o en español, de carácter observacional o experimental que evaluaban la resistencia en jugadores de balonmano. Resultados: Cincuenta estudios evaluaron la eficiencia anaeróbica y 63 la eficiencia aeróbica, involucrando 3.649 jugadores de diferentes categorías. Conclusiones: A pesar de que una amplia variedad de test específicos para evaluar la eficacia aeróbica y anaeróbica en jugadores de balonmano son utilizados en la bibliografía científica, el test de sprint repetidos y el test Yo-Yo IR1 son los más frecuentes y los más fiables.

Información de financiación

This research was supported by Ministerio de Educación Cultura y Deporte, under grant (FPU15/00450) and (FPU15/00452).

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