Anthropological profile of goalball athletes - brief systematic review

Introduction: Goalball is a sport designed for persons with an impaired sense of sight. It is one of the most popular sports with the ball in the blind and sight-impaired persons. The body composition with goalball players is crucial for studying due to insufficient physical activity, which aims to characterize persons with sight invalidity issue. Methods: The articles from the following electronic databases have been studied: PubMed/Medline, Cihnal, Embase, Open- J-Gate, Science Direct and Google Scholar. The articles published between 2004 and 2019 have been studied, with a focus on the anthropological profile of goalball players. The inclusion criteria were divided into four sections: study strategy, study design, type of measurement outcome, exclusion criteria. The procedures were carried out in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) statement. Results: Out of 108 articles collected, 14 articles have been analyzed in detail on the grounds of databases and consequently a conclusion has been provided. Conclusion: The body height is crucial for contributing to a greater arm span, which means greater space coverage, as well as a percentage of muscle tissue connected to muscle strength
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:sports for the handicapped sport games biological and medical sciences
Tagging:Goalball
Published in:Homosporticus
Language:English
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://oaji.net/articles/2019/4752-1571316572.pdf
Volume:21
Issue:1
Pages:23-29
Document types:article
Level:advanced