Eric de Lucena

By Emily Karoline Bezerra Ribeiro, Bianca Dayse da Silva Nascimento, Marlon Madeiro Brasiliano, Gabriel Barreto Fernandes de Almeida Gomes, Danny Paollo Leite de Arruda, Wanessa Kelly Vieira de Vasconcelos, José Fellipe Soares Maranhão, Eric de Lucena Barbosa, Leonardo da Silva Leandro, Marcos Antônio Araújo Leite Filho, Ramon Cunha Montenegro and Carlos Renato Paz

Comparison of cognitive performance among elderly people practicing training with weights and sedentary lifestyle. Estudy descriptive, cross-sectional and comparative, composition for 24 elderly between 60 and 70 years, divided into 2 groups, (G1) submitted to weight training and sedentary (G2). The G1 was submitted to 32 training sessions with traditional weight. Both groups were submitted to CogState® computerized cognitive testing batteries. The data were not parametric, using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for the analysis of the dispersion curve and the Mann-Whitney test in the comparison of the cognitive performance variables. The results were performed with a significance level of 0.05 by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS®), version 16.0. The best cognitive performance was observed among the elderly practicing resistance exercises, as well as significant differences in the TRS and TRE variables. Elderly people who exercise with weights when compared with cognitive performance demonstrate results of the paradigms when compared to the elderly. With this, he concludes that weight training is effective in improving cognitive performance.

Part of the book: Cardiorespiratory Fitness

By Danny Paollo Leite de Arruda, Alexandre Santos da Costa, Anderson Karlos de Luna Ramalho Santos, Carlos Renato Paz, Clizaldo Luiz Maroja Di Pace França, Eric de Lucena Barbosa, Lenilson Silva dos Santos, Marcos Antônio de Araujo Leite Filho, Marcos Antônio Camilo de Almeida, Natália Herculano Paz, Nilo Montenegro Netto Segundo, Pedro Augusto Mariz Dantas, Pedro Henrique Marques de Lucena, Ramon Cunha Montenegro, Renata Gouveia Nunes and Rossini Freire de Araújo

To compare the anthropometric profile and cognitive performance of elite and non-elite beach volleyball athletes. Comparative and descriptive study. The sample was composed by 8 athletes, divided in 2 groups: elite (n = 4) and non-elite (n = 4). They were evaluated in anthropometric parameters age, weight and height, and the variables of the cognitive performance evaluated by the battery of computerized tests CogState® (Brief Battery): Detection (Simple Reaction Time); Identification (Choice Reaction Time); One Back Speed (Working Memory); One Back Acuracy (Short Term Memory). Data were classified as non-parametric with the dispersion curve analysis performed by the Shapiro Wilk test. Anthropometric profile and cognitive performance variables were compared with the Mann Whitney U test between the groups. The procedures were performed with a significance level of p < 0.05 using the Statistical Package for the Social Science - SPSS®, Version 25.0. It was observed that there was significant difference in the anthropometric profile in the variable age (sig = 0.029) and in the cognitive performance significant differences occurred in the variables Detec (sig = 0.029) and Indent (sig = 0.029) of elite and not elite athletes of the beach volleyball modality. Elite and non-elite beach volleyball athletes present significant differences in the anthropometric variable (Age) and in the variables of cognitive performance (Detection and Identification) where elite athletes have a better cognitive performance than the non- elite athletes.

Part of the book: Contemporary Advances in Sports Science