Perfil antropométrico y velocidad con balón en jugadores argentinos profesionales de futbol sala para ciegos

Objective: This study aims to determine the correlation between the speed with the ball of the players from the Argentinian 5-a-side football team and their anthropometric profiles. Methodology: This research has a descriptive and correlational design, which involved 8 visually impaired male athletes (26.8 ± 6.5 years). The study measured the athletes’ weight, height, lower limb length, body fat %, skinfolds sum, muscle mass %, muscle mass kg, quadricep and calf muscular area, adipose tissue rate, skeletal muscle mass, skeletal index, somatotypes, and speed in 20 linear meters. Results: The results showed a high correlation between the players’ skeletal index and the speed with the ball (r 0.85 p