<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><italic>Study aim:</italic> To assess body posture variables in girls practicing sport gymnastics vs. their untrained mates.<italic>Material and methods:</italic> Two groups of girls aged 7 - 11 years were studied: 48 young female gymnasts (Group SG) and 54 untrained girls (Group C) of comparable age, body height and BMI. The gymnast girls had 3 - 7 training sessions a week, their training experience ranging 1 - 5 years. Body posture was assessed by photogrammetry.<italic>Results:</italic> Shoulder blades and pelvis were significantly (p&lt;0.05) more symmetrical in gymnast girls than in the control group and their spine was better shaped in the youngest gymnasts (p&lt;0.01). Gymnast girls were significantly (p&lt;0.01) superior to their untrained mates in overall posture rating, Lumbar lordosis was less expressed (p&lt;0.05) in gymnast girls aged 7 - 10 years than in the control ones.<italic>Conclusions:</italic> Sport gymnastics practiced at young age may affect posturogenesis bringing about body symmetrisation and shaping spine curvatures, especially lumbar lordosis.</abstract>

Study aim: To assess body posture variables in girls practicing sport gymnastics vs. their untrained mates.Material and methods: Two groups of girls aged 7 - 11 years were studied: 48 young female gymnasts (Group SG) and 54 untrained girls (Group C) of comparable age, body height and BMI. The gymnast girls had 3 - 7 training sessions a week, their training experience ranging 1 - 5 years. Body posture was assessed by photogrammetry.Results: Shoulder blades and pelvis were significantly (p<0.05) more symmetrical in gymnast girls than in the control group and their spine was better shaped in the youngest gymnasts (p<0.01). Gymnast girls were significantly (p<0.01) superior to their untrained mates in overall posture rating, Lumbar lordosis was less expressed (p<0.05) in gymnast girls aged 7 - 10 years than in the control ones.Conclusions: Sport gymnastics practiced at young age may affect posturogenesis bringing about body symmetrisation and shaping spine curvatures, especially lumbar lordosis.

Postural variables in girls practicing sport gymnastics

Department of Tourism and Recreation, Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To assess body posture variables in girls practicing sport gymnastics vs. their untrained mates.Material and methods: Two groups of girls aged 7 -...

Postural variables in girls practicing sport gymnastics

Published Online: Sep 14, 2010

Page range: 74 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-0018-6

Keywords
Body posture, Moire's technique, Gymnasts, Training

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Postural variables in girls practicing sport gymnastics

Published Online: Sep 14, 2010

Page range: 74 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-0018-6

KeywordsBody posture, Moire's technique, Gymnasts, Training

This content is open access.

Keywords
Body posture, Moire's technique, Gymnasts, Training