CONTROLO DE NVEIS DE INTENSIDADE DE ESFORO PELA ESCALA DE BORG EM ATLETAS INICIADOS NA MODALIDADE DE REMO INDOOR

THE USE OF BORG SCALE TO REGULATE EXERCISE LEVELS OF INDOOR ROWING BEGINNER ATHLETES
Universidade Tcnica de Lisboa gmendonca@fmh.utl.pt (Portugal) Resumo
Pretendeu-se avaliar a utilidade da escala de Borg de 6-20 pontos para o controlo de intensidades de treino em atletas do gnero masculino, iniciados na modalidade de remo indoor. Familiarizaram-se oito atletas (idade mdia de 23.9 5.7 anos e peso mdio de 73.6 7 kg) com a escala de Borg de 6-20 pontos. Aplicaram-se protocolos mximos de 2000 m em remo-ergmetro. Aps trs sesses de latncia e pelos parciais de 500 m das provas anteriores, estipularam-se provas de intensidade por cinco patamares, solicitando-se potncias prdefinidas e registando-se: frequncia cardaca (FC); percepo subjectiva de esforo (PSE) em cada patamar. Reaplicaram-se provas idnticas s anteriores, solicitando-se cinco nveis de PSE compatveis com as anteriores e registando-se: a potncia mdia debitada (PD); respectivas FC (aps trs sesses de latncia). Obtiveram-se, em ambas as provas por patamares, coeficientes de correlao de Pearson estatisticamente significativos (P<0.001) entre: PSE e PD (r = 0.758; r = 0.740) e FC e PSE (r = 0.740; r = 0.829) respectivamente. Adicionalmente, registaram-se correlaes estatisticamente significativas (P<0.001) entre as PD (r = 0.907) e FC (r = 0.715) de ambas as avaliaes. A anlise de varincia revelou no existirem diferenas significativas entre as mdias de PD registadas em ambas as provas (P > 0.05). Apenas se registaram diferenas significativas entre a varincia das mdias de FC registada nos primeiros patamares de cada prova (espectro de intensidades leves), no tendo os restantes patamares apresentado diferenas com significncia estatstica (P > 0.05). Os resultados obtidos suportam que a escala de Borg, um mtodo vlido para a regulao da intensidade de esforo em atletas iniciados na modalidade de remo indoor, particularmente num espectro de intensidades moderadas e severas.

Gonalo Vilhena de Mendona Fernando Duarte Pereira

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the use of Borg scale to regulate exercise intensity during rowing-ergomety in young male, beginner athletes. Eight inexperienced athletes (age: 23.9 5.7 years old; weight: 73.6 7 kg) were familiarized with the 6-20 points Borg scale. Then, we assessed the athletes time performance in the 2000 m rowing-ergometry protocol. Based on this data, the athletes completed two rowing trials. The first trial estimation trial (three training sessions after the 2000 m protocol), consisted of an incremental protocol to elicit a range of five power outputs (PO) and heart rates (HR). The subjects rated their perceived exertion (RPE) using de 6-20 points Borg scale at each intensity level. In the second trial (production trial), three training sessions after the estimation trial, the subjects were asked to produce exercise intensities corresponding to the five levels of RPE previously indicated. Data analysis revealed significant (P<0.001) Pearson correlation coefficients between both trials separately: RPE and PO (r = 0.758; r = 0.740) and HR and RPE (r = 0.740; r = 0.829) respectively. In addition, significant (P<0.001) correlations were obtained between the estimation and production trial for PO (r = 0.907) and HR (r = 0.715). The analysis of variance revealed that the observed differences in mean PO were not significant for each of the five intensity levels (P > 0.05). Significant differences in HR were only found in the first intensity level (lowest RPE level). There were no significant differences between HR for the remaining four levels of intensity (P > 0.05). These data support the validity of Borg RPE scale as a measure of physiological strain among beginner rowing athletes, particularly at levels of moderate and severe exercise intensities.

Palavras Chaves: Escala de Borg; Percepo subjectiva de esforo; Remo-ergometria; Remo Indoor, Avaliao Funcional. Recebido em: 22/03/2007

Keywords: Borg scale; Rate of perceived exertion; Rowing-ergometry; Indoor Rowing; Functional assessment Aceito em: 01/05/2007

Revista Brasileira de Educao Fsica, Esporte, Lazer e Dana, v. 2, n. 2, p. 39-47, jun. 2007.