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The Coronary artery disease (CAD) is considered the first cause of death in the world. In Brazil, by the year of 1998, CAD's were responsible for 27,4% of death known cases. Scientific researches have demonstrated a possible relation between anthropometric indicators: Body mass index (BMI), waist to hip circumference (WRC) and waist circumference (WC) with CAD. In Manaus (AM), however, there is no data that can be associated with CAD. As a result, this study aimed to verify anthropometric characteristics; Body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WRC) and waist circumference (WC) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The survey has been developed at the Amazonas Heart Institute, with 30 male patients, from 26 to 50 years old, who presented CAD. The results obtained are stated as follows; BMI (32,6±5,7) was classified as obesity level 1, WRC (0,97±0,06) presented a level beyond the desired (RCQ<0,95). Regarding CC, the value obtained was (107,5±15,0), classified as action level 2 (>102), thus associated with cardiovascular high risk level. As a result, the anthropometric indicators BMI, WRC and WC, from the studied subjects, were all beyond the expected average considering health parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to characterize the anthropometric aspects and also the body composition of the athletes who have taken part at the Amazon Adult Male Cup of Clubs, in the year of 2002. Besides defining the athletes' position per game, it was considered the characteristics of the best player per game in each position. Therefore, some measures were taken: body mass, stature, width of the sail, hand size, wrist width, lower extremity length, sitting height, forearm circumference, abdominal circumference, % fat, fat mass, lean body mass. For the results analysis it was used score Z, considering the results of the best player and the average obtained by the others players of the same position. The results have shown that the best players and the others players of distinct positions presented values lower than the suggested average for the players of this sport, except for the left and right wings and the background central, in fat percentage. Despite the scarcity of data about this sport, these can be taken as initial parameters, and more studies should be developed aiming to characterize not only adult athletes, but also athletes of different age levels, what later on will serve as reference parameters for the improvement of athletes that practice this modality of sport, in Brazilian north region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is scarce in the literature studies that investigate chronic effects of different rest intervals in strength training (ST). The aim of the present study was to verify the influence of two different rest intervals between sets, over four weeks on ST. Twenty six men have participated in this study (22.5±2.1 years; 180.5±4.3 cm; 83.4±5.3 kg). The 10RM test was made in the following order: bench press (BP) and biceps curl (BC). The first group trained with a rest interval of 1 minute, and the other one with rest interval of 3 minutes between sets. The total training consisted in three sessions per week, performed in altered days (12 sessions). The subjects did four sets of each exercise in the respective intervals, and only after four sets in the same exercise, they went on in the next exercise. The exercise order was: BP, hack machine, BC, leg-press 45°, front lat pull down, abdominals and triceps pull down. A one-way ANOVA was used and a Tukey post hoc test was performed where indicated (p<0.05) to verify the interval rest effects on the measures. No significant differences between the 10RM loads were observed when compared the different rest intervals. We conclude that independently of rest intervals, no significant differences were observed in 10RM loads in ST during four weeks. To clarify the rest intervals influence on ST, we suggest new future studies with samples in different levels of physical fitness and training for longer periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]