Postural Control in Unipedal Quiet Stance in Young Female Gymnasts and the Effects of Training with Consideration of Transient Behavior of Postural Sway

Urška Čeklić, Nejc Šarabon and Žiga Kozinc
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Urška Čeklić: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Polje 42, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia
Nejc Šarabon: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Polje 42, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia
Žiga Kozinc: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Polje 42, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-9

Abstract: The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to compare postural control between a group of young female gymnasts ( n = 15; age: 11.2 ± 1.9 years) and non-trained peers ( n = 15; age: 10.9 ± 2.0 years), and (b) to investigate the effect of an 8-week whole body exercise intervention program on postural control in young female gymnasts. Postural control was assessed by recording center of pressure (CoP) movements during unipedal quiet stance. Velocity and amplitude of CoP movement in anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) directions were considered. In addition to common trial-averaged CoP outcomes, we also considered the transient behavior of CoP movements, by calculating relative differences between the 1st and 2nd, and the 1st and 3rd 10-s intervals within the whole trial (DIF_21 and DIF_31, respectively). The gymnast group had lower total CoP velocity (Cohen’s d = 0.97) and AP amplitude (Cohen’s d = 0.85), compared to their non-trained peers. The gymnasts also had lower CoP AP amplitude DIF21 (Cohen’s d = 0.73), with almost constant values across all intervals. After the training ML CoP velocity was reduced for 13.12% (Cohen’s d = 0.60), while ML CoP amplitude increased (Cohen’s d = −0.89).

Keywords: postural sway; balance; youth sport; stability; single-leg stance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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