OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of a proprioceptive exercise protocol in the balance of women's futsal athletes. METHODOLOGY: The sample was composed by five athletes from the futsal team of Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). The training took place three times a week for one month. The athletes were evaluated pre and post-training on a strength platform in the Biomechanics Laboratory of the Physical Education and Sports Center of UFSM. RESULTS: The results showed a statistically significant reduction in the average and in the amplitude of the pressure center, pre and post-intervention, in medium-lateral direction and in eye-closed condition, showing that there was a greater control of the body balance in the position and condition requested. There were no statistically significant differences in the pressure center and eye-open condition variables. It is believed that this result is related to the dominance of the visual afference on the proprioceptive one, which may have interfered in the evaluation of the proprioceptive alterations. CONCLUSION: The proprioceptive exercise protocol showed a greater control of the body balance in the condition and sample evaluated.
Proprioception; Futsal; Balance
