A canoagem como cenário de estudos: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Brazil has a large number of river resources such as rivers and lakes, in addition to housing an extensive coastline bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, so it has conditions that provide canoeing, both recreational and competitive. Canoeing is a nautical sport that had its first participation in the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936, being a modality of a social nature, since its practitioners in grassroots categories are often in a situation of vulnerability. Research on this modality promotes the advancement of practice in different situations, such as technical and tactical preparation, for example. Given this context, we sought to map the main academic productions in the canoeing modality in the last 10 years through the integrative literature review. Following the inclusion criteria, there were a total of 26 studies selected for analysis, articles published in journals and complete papers published in the databases: Google Scholar, Pubmed and Scielo, which addressed the theme. The terms used for the search were: canoeing, canoeists, canoeing athletes. The articles were organized into the following categories to facilitate analysis: Physiological and anatomical demands of canoeing, Physical valences of canoeing and Canoeing as a social project. Based on the articles discussed, it was possible to note that most of them are focused on speed kayaking, especially very few studies have been found on slalom and polo. In addition, it was noted that there was little participation of athletes in order to carry out the research, thus there being a certain lack of in-depth studies in the field of canoeing, regardless of the modality [resumo fornecido pelo autor].