Treinamento desportivo e incidência de infecções respiratórias agudas em atletas de natação (Belém, Pará)

Abstract

The physiologic stress exercise-induced can to raise the susceptibility of athletes to acute respiratory infections. This work evaluate the impact of training and matches competitions on incidence and duration of acute respiratory infections in swimmers of the “Associação dos Docentes da Escola Superior de Educação Física do Pará" team, Belém, Pará, of january to june of 2004. Follow up eighteen swimmers of both sex, including infantile (13 and 14 years), juvenile (15 and 16 years) and junior (17 and 18 years) categories during 24 weeks of training season to aim at the matches of swimming Brazilian championship in this categories. The volume training and number matched competitions were registered. Using a clinic and epidemiologic questionary to survey the occurrence of signs and symptoms suggesting of flu and cold, we registered the number and time of respiratory infection episodes. The incidence (61,1%) and durations (9,5 days) of acute respiratory infections don’t were differ between sex, categories ands seasons of training. Identify frequently searching of the respiratory infections episodes in the followed up athletes. A clinic profile of respiratory infections, like flu, was observed, suggesting that Influenza virus appear to constitute the major etiologic agent of the respiratory infections presented by studied athletes. The results of study we conclude that incidence and durations of acute respiratory infections don’t were altered by volume training and number of competitions.