%0 Journal Article
%T Capoeira para deficientes visuais: compara£¿£¿o do equil¨ªbrio entre praticantes e n£¿o praticantes de capoeira
%A Matos
%A Jana¨ªna barbosa
%A Menezes
%A F¨¢bio Sprada de
%J Revista Brasileira de Ci¨ºncias do Esporte
%D 2012
%I Col¨¦gio brasileiro de ciencias do esporte
%R 10.1590/S0101-32892012000100007
%X purpose: to compare the balance between visually impaired practitioners of capoeira and non-practitioners of capoeira. methods: 10 visually impaired individuals (20 to 47 years), chosen on a non-probabilistic intentional, capoeirists n = 5 and n = 5 non capoeirists, submitted to the berg balance scale (bbe) and falls efficacy scale (fes-i). results: the bbe average points was 55.4 ¡À 1.34 for capoeirists and 54 ¡À 1.58 for non-capoeirists, and the average result obtained in the fes-i was 27 ¡À 7.64 for capoeirists and 35 ¡À 8.12 for non-capoeirists. conclusion: there were not significant statistic differences in the balance between the two groups, although the capoeirists have had better scores in both tests.
%K capoeira
%K visual impairement
%K balance
%K physical activity.
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