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PRESSÃO PLANTAR DOS JOGADORES DE FUTEBOL PROFISSIONAL DA ASSOCIAÇÃO ATLÉTICA CALDENSE

2009; Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS); Linguagem: Inglês

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Vinicius S. Almeida, Rina Márcia Magnani, Roberto L. Dias, Ana Luiza Rodakowski De Onofre,

Sports injuries and prevention

The soccer is one of sportive modalities more played in the world and each day it`s adepts is growing significantly. This study has as objective assessment the plantar pressure distribution of professional soccer players of Associacao Atletica Caldense, by computerized baropodometry. It was used a twenty six players with age between 16 and 31 years, and all of them were in training and champion periods. The pressure plantar of the forward, median e back foot regions were related with the age and practice time of the athletes. Where the results suggest an forward pressure plantar tendence of professional soccer players and this tendency is not related to age and sport practical time.