Relative age effect in Olympic basketball athletes.
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2016
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Objective. — To investigate the relative age effect (RAE) in Olympic basketball athletes, related
to sex, continent and country.
Methods. — The sample was composed of 300 athletes who have competed in the London 2012
Olympic Games. Athletes’ date of birth was split into quartiles (trimester of born). For data
analysis, Chi2 test was used with the level of significance set at 5%.
Results. — The RAE was not observed by the analysis for sex and continent. However, the RAE
was found in French athletes ( 2 = 11.333; P = 0.01), with more athletes born on the second
quartile. We can conclude that the RAE is not present in Olympic basketball athletes, except
on those French ones.
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WERNECK, F. Z. et al. Relative age effect in Olympic basketball athletes. Science & Sports, v. 31, p. 158-161, 2016. Disponível em: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0765159715001872>. Acesso em: 05 ago. 2017.