The effect of aikido exercises on shaping spinal curvatures in the sagittal plane
Journal Title: Journal of Combat Sports and Martial Arts - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]Introduction.[/b] Selected aikido exercises, actively affecting the muscles responsible for pelvic alignment were applied in the experiment. Such exercises may affect formation of spinal curvatures in children by connecting the pelvis and the vertebral co lumn in the kinematic chain. The aim of the presented study was to determine the effect of the applied aikido exercises on α , β and γ angles of in the sagittal plane and on anteversion of the pelvis in children. [b]Material and methods. [/b]The sample comprised 211 boys, pupils of elementary schools, from forms 1-4, aged 7-10 years. They were divided into three studied groups. The experimental group consisted of 68 children participating in aikido classes. The remaining two groups were control groups. The first one comprised 68 children. They did not attend any corrective gymnastics classes. They only participated in their physical education classes at school. The second control group comprised 75 children attending traditional corrective gymnastics classes. The measurements and body posture analysis were performed using Śliwa’s approaches of. Posturometer S was used for the measurements.[b]Results.[/b] During the experiment which was conducted within the school year, no significant differences were found between the studied groups in , b and g curvature angles in the sagittal plane. In the experimental group a significant reduction of pelvic anteversion angle was found. No significant changes were noted in this angle values in the remaining groups. [b]Conclusions.[/b] Aikido exercises resulted in reduction of pelvic anteversion angle. The applied exercises affected pelvic muscles, resulting in changes in its alignment. No effect of aikido exercises on α , β and γ spinal curvature angles was found in the sagittal plane.
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Andrzej Mroczkowski
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