Submitted by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2016-01-04T12:30:36Z No. of bitstreams: 2 andre_olimpio_martins.pdf: 2403767 bytes, checksum: 4b49a301c8017ae8a0db22438d3dbb77 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2016-01-04T12:31:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 andre_olimpio_martins.pdf: 2403767 bytes, checksum: 4b49a301c8017ae8a0db22438d3dbb77 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-04T12:31:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 andre_olimpio_martins.pdf: 2403767 bytes, checksum: 4b49a301c8017ae8a0db22438d3dbb77 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (Capes) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / A Corrida de aventura ? uma competi??o praticada em contato com a natureza, na qual o competidor utiliza obst?culos naturais para a pr?tica de v?rias modalidades esportivas combinadas. O cortisol salivar (CT) pode ser utilizado como biomarcador do estresse e estados catab?licos. A concentra??o salivar de testosterona (TT) pode representar um marcador de estado anab?lico do, j? que seus efeitos fisiol?gicos est?o relacionados com o repara??o tecidual. A propor??o entre a atividade anab?lica/catab?lica pode ser dada pela an?lise da raz?o testosterona/cortisol (T/C). O objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar as concentra??es de CT e TT de participantes de uma corrida de aventura, para determina??o do impacto fisiol?gico deste tipo de prova. O estresse e a recupera??o dos atletas foram inferidos pela an?lise da concentra??o de CT e TT e da T/C, 1 semana antes da competi??o (dia 1), 1 dia antes da competi??o (dia 2), no dia da competi??o (dia 3) e 1 dia ap?s a competi??o (dia 4). Frequ?ncia card?aca e VO2m?x foram registrados para avalia??o da intensidade de esfor?o da prova. As concentra??es de CT para o dia 2 e 3, n?o se elevaram em rela??o ?s concentra??es apresentadas no dia 1. Entretanto, no dia 4, as concentra??es de CT foram superiores em compara??o ?s concentra??es dos dias 1, 2 e 3. O ritmo TT normal foi observado nos 04 dias analisados e n?o foi observada varia??o nas concentra??es de TT. A raz?o T/C apresentou-se diminu?da no dia 4 em compara??o ao dia 1. Os resultados mostraram que a T/C apresentou-se reduzida em mais de 75% no dia 4. Conclus?es: 1. Corrida de aventura ? um evento multiesportivo de alta intensidade de esfor?o f?sico e desafia homeostase e alostase corporais; 2. O esfor?o do treinamento e da competi??o possivelmente mostrou-se desajustado ao preparo f?sico dos atletas analisados, j? que, o ritmo CT observado, tanto no per?odo pr?, quanto no p?s-competi??o, indicou estados de exaust?o e catabolismo intenso, respectivamente. Contudo, mais analises s?o necess?rias para compreender se o esfor?o da competicao foi realmente desajustado para o organismo do atleta ou se o esfor?o f?sico n?o foi intenso o suficiente para evocar uma resposta dos eixos end?crinos analisados. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa Multic?ntrico de P?s-gradua??o em Ci?ncias Fisiol?gicas, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2013. / ABSTRACT Adventure racing is a competition practiced in contact with nature where the competitor uses natural obstacles to practice various combined sports. The salivary cortisol (CT) can be used as a biomarker of stress and catabolic states. The concentration of salivary testosterone (TT) may represent a marker of anabolic status since its physiological effects are related tissue repair. The ratio of the anabolic activity/catabolic can be given by analysis of the testosterone/cortisol ratio (T/C). The aim of this study was to quantify the CT and TT concentrations of the participants of an adventure race to determine the physiological impact of such test. Stress and recovery of athletes were inferred by analyzing the TC and TT and T / C concentration of: 1 week before competition (day 1), 1 day before competition (day 2), competition day (day 3) and 1 day after competition (day 4). VO2max and heart rate were recorded to assess the intensity of effort of competition. The concentrations of CT to day 2 and 3 did not increase compared to the concentrations showed on day 1. However, on day 4, the TC concentrations were higher compared to concentrations on days 1, 2 and 3. The TT regular rhythm was observed in 04 days and there was no variation in the concentration of TT. The ratio T/C appeared reduced at day 4 compared to day 1. The results showed that T/C appeared reduced by more than 75% in 4 days. Conclusions: 1. Adventure Racing is a multisport event of high intensity physical exertion and challenges homeostasis and allostasis body; 2. The stress of training and competition possibility proved inadequate to the physical preparation of athletes analyzed, since, CT rhythm observed in both pre and post-competition showed states of exhaustion and intense catabolism, respectively. 3. However, more analyses is necessary to understand if the competition was wrong to the athletic`s organism or if the effort was not intense enough to stimulate an answer from the endocrine axis analyzed.