Movimiento Humano y Salud

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Authors: Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Vargas, Randall Gutiérrez Vargas, Pedro Ureña Bonilla

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the relationship between self-efficacy, pre-competitive anxiety and flow feeling in male and female handball team players from the Costa Rica national teams. Participants were 28 players (14 male and 14 female) from both teams. The scales of general self-efficacy, flow feeling and competitive anxiety were used to collect data. The average score in relation to self-efficacy was high (> 8.40). Regarding flow sensation, the average scores were range from 3.41 (autotelic experience) to 5,78 (control sense). Somatic anxiety was the lowest in men = 1.59 and women female = 1.98, and self-confidence was the highest score in men = 2.99 and women = 2.70 respectively. No significant changes were observed throughout the game in relation to the flow feeling. The anxiety reported by men was significantly lower than women, and the self-confidence levels were higher in men than in women. No significant correlation was found between self efficacy and sense of flow. Somatic anxiety showed significant correlations with some dimensions of the flow feeling. In conclusion, these data showed that there is a need to incorporate psychological interventions to ensure that athletes can reach optimal psychophysical states in order to perform better.

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Authors: Jimmy Rojas Quirós

Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max)in firefighters: a systematic review of studies. The job of a firefighter is listed as a risk profession with high physical requirement, and in recent years the firefighterr has acquired more powers itself out fires, including interventions in traffic accidents, hazardous materiales incidents, rescues, forest fires, among others. The traditional firefighter image has given way to new professionals ready to face all kind of disasters by the talk in full firefighter today. The aim of this study was to sistematically review the scientific evidence on the values of maximun oxygen consumptio (VO2max) having firefighters. We included a total of 19 studies, published between 2002 and 2012, from EBSCOhost databases, SpringerLink, SPORTDiscus, Medlines, Embase ans SciELO, besides journals of Sports Science andb Medicine, Ocupational Medicine and Psicothema. We concluded this review, based on the results of the studies that different population on fire, one VO"max rangin from 39.20 to 58.21 ml/kg/min, wich varies acording to the inicial condition with firefighters, dofferent studies proposed by the authors, generally it is determinated that a firefighter musta have VO2max values above 43ml/kg/min, wich is the minimun recomended to least hace a good aerobic capacity thar allows function in its core functions as a firefighter.