Confiabilidade de um protótipo para avaliação das medidas do desempenho

Abstract

Introduction: Measuring human performance is a challenge, mainly due to the multidimensional movement factor. Most instruments only evaluate one dimension of said performance. Objective: To verify the concordance of the results of performance measures, average speed, final speed, average acceleration, force, work and average power, calculated by the prototype and compare them with the results calculated by a statistical package considered as gold standard. Methods: The sample consisted of Paralympic basketball athletes (n = 09) and karate athletes (n = 31) and all participants signed a consent form. A prototype was developed and used to evaluate performance measures, and the results calculated by the prototype were compared with the results calculated by the statistical package using the same formulas. Results: All variables calculated by the prototype showed no significant differences when compared with the results calculated by the statistical package. Conclusion: The device can be used to evaluate performance measures with immediate return of results and without need of a computer, provided that described criteria are satisfied.