Open AccessEvaluation of posture in sports performance
Author(s) -
Nicolae-Adrian Jurjiu,
Corina Pantea
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
timisora physical education and rehabilitation journal/timişoara physical education and rehabilitation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2199-6040
pISSN - 2065-0574
DOI - 10.2478/tperj-2018-0012
Subject(s) - sagittal plane , basketball , coronal plane , spinal curvatures , psychology , physical therapy , athletes , football , orthodontics , applied psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , anatomy , geography , archaeology
The aim of this paper was to study a number of 34 athletes practicing different kinds of sports activities, in order to determine whether they have developed a certain spine deficiency and if there is any association between the type of sports they practice and the postural changes they develop. Methods : In this study we have enrolled 12 members of the men’s volleyball team of the “West University of Timisoara”, 9 members of the men’s football team ASU Politehnica Timișoara, and 13 members of the men’s basketball team BC SCM Timișoara. Postural analysis was carried out with the Zebris CMS-10 from the mechatronics department of the Politehinca University Timisoara, a device that determines the spatial coordinates of the spinous processes. From the obtained data we have established the angle of the spinal deviation both sagittal and frontal, in a similar manner as with the Cobb method. Results: We have observed a reduction in the spinal curvature in volleyball players; 8 out of 12 had values under the normal range that can in time lead to a rigid spine. 7 players from the basketball team presented values out of the normal range for kyphosis and 8 of them for lordosis, while all except two of the team players present with a front plane deviation of the spine. From the evaluation of the football players from ASU Politehnica Timișoara we cannot generalize a deviation in the sagittal plane, but all of them present deviations in the frontal plane. Conclusion : Professional athletes can also present postural changes determined by the positions they most frequently adopt depending on the type of sports they practice.