Papers by Cristina Monleón
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 2018
Purpose: Analyse the epidemiology of women's soccer harmful depending on the category of game. Ma... more Purpose: Analyse the epidemiology of women's soccer harmful depending on the category of game. Materials and Methods: There were 26 participants (38 Super League and 32 National League women) with a mean age of 21.20 ± 4.64 years and body mass index (BMI) of 21.94 ± 1.79 kg/m 2. There are several reasons why the health problems of the women's soccer must be taken into account. Among these reasons, we think that the speed actions in this sport will have a great impact on the health of competitors. In addition, the women are more prone to overuse injuries due to the morphological characteristics. Results: Musculoskeletal injuries and pain were importance to women's soccer of two levels. This was reflected in our study, the high percentage of activation muscle shortening, especially at hip external right and left rotators (100%), also at internal hip right and left rotators (100%) in the premier league. However, in national league the high percentage was at hip external right and left rotators (78.1%) and shortening in internal hip right and left rotators (90.6%). Conclusions: It is important to continue hearing the ergogenesis of this sport and particularly of women's soccer, to reduce its lesional index.
Cognitive and emotional ability are relevant during sport assessments and decision-making. This s... more Cognitive and emotional ability are relevant during sport assessments and decision-making. This study explored the impact of vigilance, perceived effort, and mood state of DanceSport adjudicators during a High Level Competition. Thereby, seven international adjudicators completed Borg’s Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale, BRUMS questionnaire, and Attentional Task (Psychomotor Vigilance Task - PVT) before and after a dance competition. The results indicated differences in RPEs ( p = .05) with a high RPE after competition (pre competition M = 9.14, SD = 2.67 and post competition M = 13.71, SD = 3.30). Furthermore, their mood tension and vigor, resulted negatively affected after competition. Moreover, younger adjudicators produced more anticipations than older ones to the reaction to external stimuli. In conclusion, DanceSport competitions entail physical, emotional, and cognitive changes that could affect the quality of decisions while judging.
Medical problems of performing artists, 2021
This study aimed to describe the response of heart rate (HR) and the subjective rating of perceiv... more This study aimed to describe the response of heart rate (HR) and the subjective rating of perceived exertion (RPE) during a simulated DanceSport competition. The mean and maximum HR of 18 dancers of the highest level were evaluated during a simulated DanceSport competition consisting of 5 Latin dances. RPE values were recorded immediately after each dance. The dances were ranked as follows according to the mean HR (samba [165.3 ± 16.3 bpm] < rumba bolero [176.9 ± 9.9 bpm] < cha-cha-chá [179.1 ± 11.4 bpm] = paso doble [182.5 ± 12.5 bpm] = jive [184.3 ± 11.4 bpm]); maximum HR (samba [185.6 ± 8.9 bpm] = rumba bolero [187.0 ± 9.1 bpm] < cha-cha-chá [190.1 ± 8.0 bpm] = paso doble [191.4 ± 9.0 bpm] < jive [194.2 ± 8.1 bpm]); and RPE (rumba bolero [5.22 ± 1.40] < samba [6.42 ± 2.06] = cha-cha-chá [6.78 ± 1.31] = paso doble [7.39 ± 1.04] < jive [8.33 ± 0.91]). The only significant correlation between RPE and HR values was observed for the maximum HR during the first dance ...
European Journal of Human Movement, 2017
mood states in sporting contexts. The BRUMS has also proven to be useful for evaluating the impac... more mood states in sporting contexts. The BRUMS has also proven to be useful for evaluating the impact of exercise on emotions and moods. Specifically, positive mood appears to improve performance by helping athletes to maximally use their skills and promoting a more enjoyable practice. Although BRUMS has been translated to some languages, to our knowledge, a validated Spanish version does not yet exist. Material and Methods: The main purpose, therefore, of this study was to determine the factorial validity of the BRUMS for use with a Spanish sample. A total of 757 (aged between18-65 years) women and men completed the BRUMS. As secondary aims we evaluated overall mood state differences between (a) sporting and non-sporting populations and (b) male and female participants. Results and Discussion: The results showed that a Spanish version of BRUMS is a valuable measure of mood states in adult Spanish-speakers. However, results suggest that a shorter version better fits the six factors. In...
11th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport, 2017
Dance is beneficial sport but aren't subjected to many studies. The dancers prepare themselves ph... more Dance is beneficial sport but aren't subjected to many studies. The dancers prepare themselves physically for hours for the competitions. And the result they can be physical problems. In this case we have analysed the DanceSport, which is composed of two modalities, Standard and Latin dances. In this study, we focus on the Latin dances specifically in the rhythm of Rumba Bolero with the aim of trying to identify possible gender differences. For it in this study, we have measured by means of electromyography of surface muscles involved in the low member, during the accomplishment of a ruled choreography of Rumba Bolero. The sample was sixteen people (age between 20.50 ± 2.75 years) of elite DanceSport dancers. Differences between genders were found. For this reason, a different physical training between genders should be done, as well as to study if in the rest of the dances we would obtain this result.
Sportis. Scientific Journal of School Sport, Physical Education and Psychomotricity, 2019
El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la prevalencia de dolor lumbar y evaluar los efectos de u... more El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la prevalencia de dolor lumbar y evaluar los efectos de una unidad didáctica de educación postural sobre los conocimientos teóricos de la salud de la espalda, así como los efectos de la misma sobre la resistencia de la musculatura extensora, inclinadora y flexora del tronco en alumnado de 1º de ESO. Participaron 18 discentes (10 chicos y 8 chicas) de 12.22 ± .43 años de edad de un colegio perteneciente a la Comunidad Valenciana. Se realizó una evaluación inicial (Pretest) de conocimientos teóricos y de aptitudes físicas a través de diversos test de campo. Tras esto, se aplicó el programa de intervención, en el que se desarrolló una unidad didáctica de educación postural compuesta por 8 sesiones, siendo la primera de ellas sobre contenidos teóricos y las 7 restantes prácticas. Tras la aplicación de la unidad didáctica se llevaron a cabo los mismos test (Postest). Los resultados mostraron mejoras estadísticamente significativas tras la aplicació...
Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte, 2015
La obesidad es una enfermedad sistémica, crónica y multicausal que afecta a todas las edades, sex... more La obesidad es una enfermedad sistémica, crónica y multicausal que afecta a todas las edades, sexos y condiciones sociales. Las alteraciones a nivel músculo-esquelético son evidentes, repercutiendo en estructuras óseas, articulares y desencadenando enfermedades que conllevan un incremento destacado en el gasto sanitario. El objetivo del estudio fue comparar el efecto de dos programas de actividad física basado en actividades rítmicas con control nutricional (PIAFARC). El programa de actividad física tuvo una duración de 8 meses para cada uno de los dos estudios y se aplicó a dos muestras de 34 adultos obesos. Se midieron variables de condición física y densitometría. Los resultados de la comparativa muestran diferencias significativas para el equilibrio (p=0,018) y la fuerza en piernas (p=0,045) a favor del PIAFARC1 y PIAFARC2 respectivamente.
Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 2018
Dancers are subjected to high-intensity workouts when they practice dancesport, and according to ... more Dancers are subjected to high-intensity workouts when they practice dancesport, and according to the literature, they are prone to injury, primarily of the lower limbs. The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in relative activation amplitudes for dancers involved in dancesport due to muscle, gender, and type of dance. Measurements were carried out using surface electromyography equipment during the choreography of a performance in the following leg muscles: rectus femoris, biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, and gastrocnemius medialis. Eight couples of active dancesport athletes (aged 20.50±2.75 yrs) were analyzed. Significant gender differences were found in rumba in the tibialis anterior (p≤0.05) and gastrocnemius medialis (p≤0.05). Based on the different activations, it is possible to establish possible mechanisms of injury, as well as tools for preventing injuries and improving sports performance.
International journal of Sport Studies for Health, 2018
Objectives: Psychomotor performance is a vital factor which decisively affects the athletic perfo... more Objectives: Psychomotor performance is a vital factor which decisively affects the athletic performance. The purpose of the research was to investigate the acute effects of low intensity aerobic exercise on psychomotor performance of athletes with nocturnal sleep deprivation. Methods: Sixteen professional female volleyball players with mean age of 22.3 ± 2.6 years old were studied twice in a balanced, randomized design. The participants were asked to fill the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) prior to the beginning of the study and their nocturnal activity was recorded at 1-minute intervals and scored with the Actiwatch sleep analysis. The study used the Vienna Test System to measure cognitive functions. The exercise protocol consisted one-session light aerobic exercises based on Rockport one-mile walking/running test controlled by Polar Electro. Results: The results suggested that all psychomotor tests were significantly impaired by nocturnal sleep deprivation (P ≤ .05). Moreover, it was shown that the experimental group didn't have any deteriorating change in the mentioned tests after light aerobic exercises (P ≥ .05). Conclusions: Although nocturnal Sleep deprivation could result in psychomotor malperformance in professional athletes, the light aerobic exercise would alleviate the deleterious effect of sleep deprivation in decisive task among athletes.
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 2015
Coordination is one of the most important skills in humans' relationship with the environment, al... more Coordination is one of the most important skills in humans' relationship with the environment, alongside others such as endurance, strength, flexibility, and memory. However, despite there are many tools to measure these latter functional capabilities, the assessment of rhythmic coordination tests require sophisticated and expensive materials, or are specific to certain forms of dance. The purpose of this study is to show a new test for measuring rhythmic coordination in any person, in order to prove its validity and usefulness in the field of physical activity and health. Methods: Twenty women obese participants aged 50.63 ± 11.48 with body mass index (BMI) 38.61 ± 5.19 participated in this study. The test procedures were developed in a square circuit. The test was video recorded with a fixed camera for post-hoc observation purposes. A binary subdivision music track was chose (due to the simplicity beat) and the basic motor skill march was performed in which armslegs-time musical coordination is important. Results: The results showed a moderate to good reliability and validity for the rhythmic-bodily coordination. These results show that observers had good accuracy in observing and evaluating the rhythmic-bodily coordination. Conclusion: The results obtained show that this test is presented as an objective, valid and reliable tool to assess the rhythmic-bodily coordination for people with obesity.
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Nutricion hospitalaria, 2015
there are few studies about the professional Motorcycle. the aim of this work is to analyze the t... more there are few studies about the professional Motorcycle. the aim of this work is to analyze the training habits of 18 female motorcyclists of international level and to know the history about the practice of sport, the medical history of injuries and their ailments. data collection was performed using a 20-item instrument designed for women riders. It was collected about age, performance level of motor sport, frequency, duration and type of training, injuries and muscle pain. the results show that despite a few hours of training, the riders conceived that they have a normal or even a good physical condition. Particularly striking are the absence of mental or tactical training and the lack of medical checks and reviews. Positive correlations were found in the variables of pain. the motorcycling requires a specific, controlled and planned training and medical monitoring and dietetic through multidisciplinary team training.
Journal of aging and physical activity
El objetivo del estudio es analizar el acortamiento muscular en deportistas jóvenes de Baile Depo... more El objetivo del estudio es analizar el acortamiento muscular en deportistas jóvenes de Baile Deportivo, focos de dolor más frecuentes y sus hábitos deportivos.Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deport
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