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    STUDIA EDUCATIO ARTIS GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 2 / 2019  
         
  Article:   PHYSICAL EXERCISE PROGRAM TO REDUCE TRUNK ASYMMETRY IN ADOLESCENCE.

Authors:  BALLA BÉLA JÓZSEF, HANȚIU IACOB.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbeag.64(2).12
Published Online: 2019-06-30
Published Print: 2019-06-30
pp. 27-36

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Background: Depending on the severity, the nature and the type of the trunk asymmetry, three types of treatment are currently used: (1) conservative treatment with orthopedic brace, (2) physiotherapy and (3) surgical intervention. The efficiency of physical exercises in rehabilitation of spinal deformities is well known. They have been systematically used since the beginning of the 20th century. Objectives: The main objective of our study was to reduce the trunk asymmetry using an interventional program of physical exercises. Study design: This study follows a pretest-posttest design with an experimental and a control group. Materials and Methods: Forty one pupils (27 girls and 14 boys) aged 11.77 (± 0.96) years) were included. The experimental group consisted of 20 pupils and the control of 21 students. Participants were assigned non-randomly to the experiment or control groups. In order to determine the level of physical activity of the subjects, the FELS and PAQ-C questionnaires were applied. Experimental intervention consisted of a physical activity program based on basic gymnastics. Between October 2015 and June 2016 the members of the experimental group participated in our intervention twice a week (50 minutes a session), after their school program, for 8 months. Results: The mean value of the angle of trunk rotation in the case of experimental group was 6.15º (± 1.56) and 6.52º (± 1.66) in the case of control group. In the final test, it was found that the size of the asymmetry was reduced in both groups. In the case of experimental group the trunk asymmetry value was 4.05º (± 1.66), and in the case of control group 6.00º (± 1.94), meaning a decrease of 2.10º to experimental group and 0.52º to control group. Conclusions: The main findings are that basic gymnastics exercises can have a beneficial effect on trunk asymmetry, which is the hump will decrease. We recommend the use of these exercises to treat people with moderate or severe trunk asymmetry.

Keywords: trunk asymmetry, scoliosis, adolescence, physical therapy, exercise.
 
         
     
         
         
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