Análise do desempenho isocinético de joelho em atletas de futsal

The indoor soccer has being one of the most practiced sports in the country, it is an activity where the athlete is constantly subject to injuries, mainly for muscle imbalance. The aim of this project was to analyze the isokinetic performance of the extensor and flexor knee muscles in indoor soccer professional athletes at the pre-season. This study is characterized as an observational and transversal one, being developed as part of the university extension program. Nine indoor soccer professional athletes have been evaluated, ages between 18 and 32 years old. The athletes were submitted to an evaluation of the peak torque, deficit of the peak torque, relation hamstrings/quadriceps and total work through the computerized dynamometer, being used the protocol of bilateral concentric/concentric evaluation for the knee flexors and extensors muscles at 60 and