Muscle strength and symmetry in professional female players of the Colombian league monitored with kMeter technology
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entrenamiento inercial, dispositivo de entrenamiento, entrenamiento con volante, monitorización, fuerza excéntricaAbstract
Introduction: in the last decade, eccentric strength training has had a boom in practice and scientific evidence, demonstrating significant effects on muscle physiology with increased strength at a lower energy cost, morphological and functional adaptations of muscle fiber, increased muscle strength and power. Additionally, the development of new technologies, such as inertial devices, have allowed innovation in strength training, unlocking a new training methodology that allows training variation, load adaptation, training versatility, monitoring and training of functional gestures for high-performance sport. Objective: to evaluate strength and establish the percentage of muscle asymmetry in the lower limbs using the kMeter system in young professional female soccer players. Methodology: a descriptive study was conducted in 24 female professional soccer players from the first division of Colombia, where strength in Newton and the percentage of asymmetry were measured using the kMeter device through the execution of the Split Squat exercise, on the kBox Exxentric machine. Results: the mean strength value for the right leg was 431N±128N and for the left leg 417N±97N, with an asymmetry percentage of 4%. Conclusion: monitoring, analysis and systematization of data will be the future in training, rehabilitation and sports readaptation processes. The kMeter system allows quantification of the kinetic and kinematic variables of movement, generating data for the analysis of physical qualities in specific exercises. However, further studies must be carried out to standardize the measurement systems, generate reproducibility and applicability of the devices in different types of sports population.
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