<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><italic>Study aim:</italic> To assess body posture of young female volleyball players in relation to their untrained mates.<italic>Material and methods:</italic> A group of 42 volleyball players and another of 43 untrained girls, all aged 13 - 16 years were studied with respect to their body posture indices by using computer posturography. Spinal angles and curvatures were measured, and asymmetry and body posture type were assessed. Body height and mass, BMI and body fat content (by bioimpedance technique) were determined.<italic>Results:</italic> As compared with untrained girls, the volleyball players were more slender, the positions of shoulders and pelvis being more symmetrical, and shoulder blades and waist triangles were more asymmetrical. Volleyball players were predominantly kyphotic, their lumbar lordosis was flattened and head protruded, especially in those having longer training experience.<italic>Conclusions:</italic> The observed asymmetries brought about by unilateral training loads and progressing thoracic kyphosis call for applying corrective and/or yoga exercises to adolescent female volleyball players.</abstract>

Study aim: To assess body posture of young female volleyball players in relation to their untrained mates.Material and methods: A group of 42 volleyball players and another of 43 untrained girls, all aged 13 - 16 years were studied with respect to their body posture indices by using computer posturography. Spinal angles and curvatures were measured, and asymmetry and body posture type were assessed. Body height and mass, BMI and body fat content (by bioimpedance technique) were determined.Results: As compared with untrained girls, the volleyball players were more slender, the positions of shoulders and pelvis being more symmetrical, and shoulder blades and waist triangles were more asymmetrical. Volleyball players were predominantly kyphotic, their lumbar lordosis was flattened and head protruded, especially in those having longer training experience.Conclusions: The observed asymmetries brought about by unilateral training loads and progressing thoracic kyphosis call for applying corrective and/or yoga exercises to adolescent female volleyball players.

Postural variables in girls practicing volleyball

Chair of Tourism, Recreation and Management, University School of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To assess body posture of young female volleyball players in relation to their untrained mates.Material and methods: A group of 42 volleyball...

Postural variables in girls practicing volleyball

Published Online: Oct 06, 2009

Page range: 67 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0017-7

Keywords
Body posture, Physical development, Female volleyball players, Training

This content is open access.

Postural variables in girls practicing volleyball

Published Online: Oct 06, 2009

Page range: 67 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0017-7

KeywordsBody posture, Physical development, Female volleyball players, Training

This content is open access.

Keywords
Body posture, Physical development, Female volleyball players, Training