INTRODUCTION:
Futsal or indoor soccer is currently the sport with the largest number of players in Brazil, other South American countries and also in Europe. It is derived from the soccer played in an outdoor grass field, adapted because of the lack of space to play. It can be practiced in three different types of floors, carefully leveled, without slopes or depressions, preventing slips and accidents. The movement on the court requires sudden acceleration and deceleration with sudden changes of direction, exposing the musculoskeletal structures to major impacts, increasing the risk of injury, which may be due to intrinsic or extrinsic factors, among which we consider the conditions and type of flooring used.
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to analyze the possible influence of the type of flooring used in the indoor soccer courts and the adaptive muscular responses in the male futsal player.
METHODS:
The sample was composed by 10 indoor soccer players aged 20-30 years old. By surface electromyography, electrical activity was recorded by means of the root mean square (RMS) in microvolts and also the strength of major muscle groups of the dominant leg at rest after two futsal matches in two types of different court floors.
RESULTS:
The findings of this study of biomechanical parameters showed no significant difference between the practice of futsal in wooden and synthetic courts, with a tendency of increased electrical activity of anterior muscles on the court with a wooden floor and later in the synthetic flooring.
CONCLUSION:
It is necessary to make further investigations on the possible mechanisms that can reveal musculoskeletal reactions to different types of court flooring in sports like indoor soccer.
electromyography; soccer; muscular injury; muscular strength
