Physiological characteristics of elite sport-dancers
Dancesport is increasing its popularity and it becomes to be considered as a real sport. Few studies are available about the physiological strain of dancesport competitions: moreover, recent changes in the official rules make it mandatory to revise our knowledge about the specific physiologic demand...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness 2011-06, Vol.51 (2), p.194-203 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Dancesport is increasing its popularity and it becomes to be considered as a real sport. Few studies are available about the physiological strain of dancesport competitions: moreover, recent changes in the official rules make it mandatory to revise our knowledge about the specific physiologic demands during competition. The aim of our study was to evaluate physiological parameters in top-level dancers.
Twelve competitive dancesport couples (12 Latin-American and 12 Standard dancers) composed the study population. The first testing session was aimed at determining physical and physiological characteristics of athletes in laboratory; the second, at establishing physiological responses during simulated competition on field, involving the measurement of O(2) uptake (VO(2)), heart rate and blood lactate (BL).
Male dancers showed a peak-VO(2) of 60.9±6.0 and 59.2±7.0 mL/kg/min for Standard and Latin-American dancers, respectively. For females, peak-VO(2) was 53.7±5.0 mL/kg/min in Standard and 52.3±5.0 mL/kg/min in Latin-American dancers. During simulated competition, male dancers reached the 75.7±10.6 and 84.2±11.2% of peak-VO(2) (P |
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ISSN: | 0022-4707 1827-1928 |