ANÁLISE DE TEMPO MOVIMENTO NA ESGRIMA EM CADEIRA DE RODAS

The aim of the study was to analyze the effort-pause (E-P) ratio in wheelchair fencing in international competitions and evaluate the relationship between the E-P, sport category, gender, and weapon. Videos of international competitions from 2016 available on YouTube were analyzed using the DartFish EasyTag™ application for Android. The Shapiro-Wilk test was applied to test data normality. Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) was used to evaluate the relationship between variables. The significance level was set at p ≤ 0.05. In general, the matches lasted between 95 seconds and 608 seconds, which may indicate different energy systems to be used in the matches. Most matches had longer pause times, revealing greater recovery time during matches, especially for the foil (1:1.66, 15 touches, category A of men's épée; 1:2, 5 and 15 touches, category A of men's foil; 1:2.5 and 1:1.85, 5 and 15 touches respectively in category A of women’s épée; 1:2.5, 15 touches, category A of women's foil). The variables of gender, category, weapon, and type of match demonstrated that they have significant effects on the E-P ratio. Therefore, the E-P ratio can be used to adapt training sessions for different categories, genders and weapons, creating a more specific training approach. Received: 2025/10/21 Reformulated: 2025/12/09 Accepted: 2025/12/09