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- Title
THE FUNCTIONAL STABILITY OF THE UPPER LIMBS IN HEALTHY AND ROUNDED SHOULDER GYMNASTS.
- Authors
Beyranvand, Ramin; Mirnasouri, Rahim; Mollahoseini, Saeid; Mostofi, Sadegh
- Abstract
We aimed to assess and compare functional stability of the upper limbs in healthy and rounded shoulder gymnasts. A total of 30 male gymnasts aged 9-12 were selected according to the study inclusion and exclusion criteria and were assigned into a healthy and a rounded-shoulder group. The Upper Quarter Y-balance test was used to assess the functional stability of the upper limbs on the dominant and non-dominant sides. The paired t-test was used to compare the dominant and non-dominant arms and the independent t-test to compare the results between the two groups. The results obtained showed no significant differences in the functional stability of the upper limbs between the dominant and non-dominant sides. Furthermore, the functional stability of the upper limbs was found to be significantly higher in the healthy group compared to the rounded-shoulder group. It can be concluded that having rounded shoulders can significantly affect the YBT-UQ scores obtained and increase the risk of future injuries by reducing the functional stability of the upper limbs in closed kinetic chains. Rounded-shoulders should therefore be further addressed and efforts should be made to correct this problem in gymnasts so as to reduce their risk of developing upper limb injuries.
- Subjects
GYMNASTS; GYMNASTICS techniques; ARM injuries; T-test (Statistics); ATHLETES
- Publication
Science of Gymnastics Journal, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 3, p279
- ISSN
2232-2639
- Publication type
Article