Seleção Brasileira de Pádel: relação da força manual com medidas antropométricas

Paddle tennis requires several physical capacities, such as strength. Handgrip strength is crucial for executing strokes, and manual dynamometry is a useful technique for measuring it.

Objective

To analyze the relationship between handgrip strength and anthropometric measurements of the upper limbs of athletes from the Brazilian National Team.

Methods

Descriptive, quantitative, field, and cross-sectional study that evaluated 33 athletes (20 men and 13 women) between 2023 and 2024. Anthropometric, body composition, and grip strength assessments were performed. Data were normalized with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Descriptive statistics were used for characterization, and Pearson's correlation test and the coefficient of determination were used to assess the degree of relationship between the variables. A significance level of 5% was adopted.