Mortatti, Arnaldo LuisAlexandre, Diego Rafael de Oliveira2018-02-192018-02-192017-07-28ALEXANDRE, Diego Rafael de Oliveira. O efeito do treinamento neuromuscular integrativo no desempenho motor de crianças praticantes de futebol. 2017. 72f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Educação Física) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2017.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/24757The present study aims to evaluate the effects of integrative neuromuscular training (INT) on motor performance in children between 06 and 10 years old. A sample of 38 male soccer players were divided into two groups: 20 in the integrative neuromuscular training group (GINT), age: 8.2 ± 1.2 years; body mass: 28.4 ± 6.4 kg; height: 1.3 ± 0.1 m. In addition to the 18 for the control group (GC), age: 8.5 ± 1.3 years; body mass: 32.8 ± 8.9 kg; height: 1.3 ± 0.1 m. The socioeconomic questionnaire was then applied to the parents, daily physical activity level for the study participants, as well as to evaluate the prediction of bone age (CABRAL, 2013) through anthropometric measurements. To determine the effect of INT on DM, a battery of physical tests was performed to evaluate the balance, flexibility, agility, speed and anaerobic power of the lower limbs at three moments, before (during) (6 weeks) and after (12 weeks ) of INT. The INT was performed twice a week, 20 minutes after each training, and consisted of five exercises aimed at physical fitness related to health and performance. To verify the homogeneity of the study variables between the groups, we applied unpaired Student's t test and the Mann-Whitney test. To observe the effect of time and interaction of training on motor performance between the two groups, the mixed ANOVA of repeated measures was used, in addition to the Post-Hoc test with Bonferroni adjustment, in order to identify possible differences. Thus, for the balance variable, there was a significant difference in the time effect for the INT group, F (1.5; 55.3) = 5.865, p = 0.009, η² = 0.14, at the pre-12 weeks GINT <0.001, d = 0.74) and from the moment 6 weeks to 12 weeks (p = 0.005, d = 0.35). As well, the interaction effect, F (1,5; 55,3) = 6,536, p = 0.006, η² = 0.14, was observed between the GINT and GC at the moment 12 weeks. For flexibility, significant improvement in the time effect was found, F (1.2; 45.5) = 11.620, p = 0.001, η² = 0.24, in GINT between the pre-six and six-week periods (p = 0.02; d = 0.48) and pre-12 weeks (p <0.001; d = 0.75), and between times six and 12 weeks (p = 0.003; d = 0.25). In the agility, the effect of time was found, F (2.72) = 7.332, p = 0.001, η² = 0.16, in the intervention group only between the pre-12 weeks (p = 0.02). In relation to the velocity variable, there was no effect of time in the groups, (F (1,5; 54,4) = 2,422, p = 0.112, η² = 0,06), as well as there was no interaction of the groups in the times , (F (1.5; 54.4) = 0.059, p = 0.898, η² = 0.002). For the anaerobic power of lower limbs, there was interaction between the groups, F (1,2; 44,8) = 6,644, p = 0.009, η² = 0.15, but the post hoc test with Bonferroni adjustment did not identify at what time there was interaction. When the mean Δ% between the groups in the motor variables was analyzed, some variables had significant improvements in the moments pre-12 weeks, and the following results were presented: balance (w = 62.0, p = 0.005), flexibility 0, p = 0.015) and anaerobic power of lower limbs (w = 94.0, p = 0.012). The addition of INT to the systematic training applied to children had a direct influence on motor performance in the majority of physical abilities over the 12 week period, the technique of the integral exercises, the adequate volume and intensity provided neuromuscular adaptations in which an improvement in mechanics of movementAcesso AbertoDesenvolvimento motorTreinamento físicoAptidão físicamasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::EDUCACAO FISICA