BACKGROUND Injuries are common in collegiate gymnasts. Most descriptive studies of injury patterns in collegiate gymnasts are limited in duration or are only inclusive of women. HYPOTHESIS Injury patterns in men and women differ significantly; women sustain a higher rate of injuries than men. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiology study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 4. METHODS Musculoskeletal...

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of lower limb rehabilitation gymnastics on postoperative rehabilitation in elderly patients with femoral shaft fracture after undergoing intramedullary nail fixation surgery.We collected medical records of elderly patients aged ≥ 60 years with femoral shaft fracture between 03/2010 and 03/2015 in Longyao County Hospital. Totally, 160 patients ...

INTRODUCTION In motor development literature fundamental movement skills are divided into three constructs: locomotive, object control and stability skills. Most fundamental movement skills research has focused on children's competency in locomotor and object control skills. The first aim of this study was to validate a test battery to assess the construct of stability skills, in children aged ...

To address this problem, one has to look at (i) societal changes and future developments, (ii) changes in health care as such and (iii) the linkage between these two. In this respect we must realize that we are living in an era where economic, technological, demographic, social and political changes are accelerating. The interface between these changes results in the age of discontinuities as f...

This paper presents a general method for synchronising digitised video data using a mathematical approach based upon the direct linear transformation reconstruction technique. The method was tested using digitised data from genlocked video recordings of gymnastic vaulting, tumbling, high bar and rings. The mean synchronisation error was less than 0.002 s for vaulting and less than 0.001 s for t...

This research used interview and questionnaire data from homosexual (n = 177), bisexual (n = 157), and heterosexual (n = 544) men between 20 and 30 years of age among lower class men and university students in three countries: Brazil, Thailand, and Turkey. The main goal of the study was to examine the recalled childhood sex-typed behavior and adult sports preferences that distinguish homosexual...

,ABSTRACT Twenty.tewaie gymnasts between the ages of twelve and ,tourteen were tested to determine possi,ble difference in strength and flexibility beiore and after the development of an active menstrual . cycle..Results iadicate that temales participating in gymnastics on a seriously competitive level tend to be short and light for their .ages, as well as to develop the physical characteristic...

In this manuscript, the authors have prepared a comparisonal analysis between the physical fitness components of artistic and rhythmic female gymnasts of Haryana. The improvement and maintenance of physical fitness or condition is perhaps the most important aim of sports training. The different types of games & sports needed different type of training and skills. But the physical fitness and co...

Kip is a basic skill widely used in artistic gymnastics. Despite its importance, there some difficulty understanding the features underlying correct performance, due to lack of didactic information. This study proposes qualitative biomechanical analysis kip on low bar uneven bars, through an integrative review. Experi-mental and non-experimental studies were located SciELO, Lilacs, Google Schol...

Balance and rhythm skills are very important in gymnastics education. Therefore, the aim of this research, examine effects coordination exercises on balance performance children when applied with music as a different method basic The study was conducted an experimental design pretest posttest control group lasted for 11 weeks. 20 aged between 9-12 participated study. All got education maximum 2...