Abstract

GIL SUAREZ, Ángel Lázaro  and  ZALDIVAR PEREZ, Bergelino. Study of the biological age in male athletes of the school category. Rev Podium [online]. 2021, vol.16, n.2, pp. 490-508.  Epub Aug 13, 2021. ISSN 1996-2452.

A study of the biological age of male school athletes was carried out. It was declared as an objective to characterize the behavior of the biological age of male school athletes, 13-14 years of age in tennis, handball, athletics, judo and weightlifting sports, at the EIDE (Sports Initiation School) Julio Diaz Gonzalez from Artemisa. In this non-experimental design some methods of investigation were used as well Empiric and Theoretical methods. The Empiric ones are: document review, observation, interview and measurement which allowed verifying information related to the biological age of the athletes and their integration to the planning of the sport training process that is developed to long term. The application of the method of Tanner Whitehouse, adjusted by Jordan of the radiograph of the left hand, total hand, was essential in this study. As a result is identified the athletes `bone maturation behavior that participated in this investigation.

Keywords : Bone maturation; Biological age; Sport training..

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