HERITABILITY OF MOTOR SKILLS: STUDY WITH MONOZYGOTIC AND DIZYGOTIC TWINS

The aim of the study was to assess the relative power of genetic and environmental contributions to the variation of motor skills in monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Method: For this study, participated 88 people divided in 56 monozygotic and 32 dizygotic twins of both sexes. For the assessment the flexibility, was performed hip flexion test, for assessment the lower limb power, was applied the test against movement and the speed of movement, the 30m running test. To determine the index of heritability, was used an equation: (h(2)) = (S(2)MZ-S(2)DZ) / S(2)DZx100. For the statistic, was used the descriptive treatment and Shapiro-Wilk test. The variance values were calculated, through the tendency central values. Data were categorized into percentiles of 25%. Results: Flexibility was 16% by heritability influence, speed of movement 83% of influence and for the lower limbs power were 70%. Conclusion: In this study was demonstrated higher heritability for the variables of lower limbs power and the speed of movement, and for the flexibility, a greater influence was linked for environmental factors.