Performance determining factors in indoor climbing: one of the contributions of professor Maria Augusta Kiss to the development of sports sciences in Brazil

Author(s)

Bertuzzi, Romulo ^{[1, 2]} ; Pires, Flavio de O. ^{[1, 2]} ; Lima-Silva, Adriano E. ^{[1, 2]} ; Gagliardi, Joao F. L. ^[1] ; De-Oliveira, Fernando R. ^{[1, 2, 3]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo GEDAE USP, Phys Educ & Sports Sch, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Fed Univ Alagoas GPCE FANUT UFAL, Res Grp Sports Sci, Nutr Coll, Maceio, Alagoas - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Lavras, Dept Phys Educ, Lavras, MG - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte; v. 17, n. 2, p. 84-87, MAR-APR 2011.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

During over thirty years, Doctor Maria Augusta Peduti Dal' Molin Kiss has contributed effectively to the sports sciences development in Brazil. After this long period dedicated to the consolidation of knowledge and human resources in this area, another life cycle is fully completed in her career. Thus, the objective of this review is to honor Doctor Kiss in the occasion of her retirement, while showing the main anthropometric and physiological determinants of indoor climbing performance. Several findings indicate that body mass, body fat percentage, handgrip force, aerobic and alactic anaerobic metabolism, and movement economy are crucial to success in this sport. We feel privileged to have been involved in her brilliant carrier and to honor Doctor Kiss with this review. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/01317-0 - Neurophysiological reserve: peripheral and central effects of caffeine supplementation
• Grantee: Flávio de Oliveira Pires
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral