ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2021
Postural sway in young female artistic and acrobatic gymnasts according to training experience and anthropometric characteristics.
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- The relationship between postural control by instrumented assessment and adiposity in children and adolescents: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Pooled it
- Spatiotemporal gait parameters and ground reaction force analysis in female non-gymnastsFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- A Study on Influence of Yoga Practice on Segmental Trunk Control Using 3D Kinematic Evaluation Method.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Static Postural Control during Single-Leg Stance in Endurance, Team and Combat Athletes from the Spanish National Sport Technification Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Influence of Foot Morphology on the Center of Pressure Pattern in Patients with Down Syndrome.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Fatigue on Postural Sway and Electromyography Modulation in Young Expert Acrobatic Gymnasts and Healthy Non-trained Controls During Unipedal Stance.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Sport-specific training induced adaptations in postural control and their relationship with athletic performance.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Role of Neuromuscular Control of Postural and Core Stability in Functional Movement and Athlete Performance.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundGymnastics training enhances the development of postural control in children and adolescents. In competitive gymnastics, the training regimen is specific to the given gymnastic discipline and is usually followed from the early years of practicing. This study aimed to determine whether postural steadiness differed between young gymnasts practicing two distinct disciplines, and whether it was related to the duration of their training experience, age, and their anthropometric characteristics.
methodsThirty 10-13-year-old females ̶ ten artistic gymnasts, ten acrobatic gymnasts (training as "tops"), and ten non-athletes ̶ were examined during 60-s quiet standing trials on a force platform with the eyes open and closed. Their postural sway was represented by directional components of centre of foot pressure mean velocity. Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon and Spearman's ρ tests were used for analyses.
resultsAnterior-posterior and medial-lateral centre of foot pressure mean velocities were not different between the artistic and acrobatic gymnasts (p > 0.05). In the artistic gymnasts, the duration of training experience, age, body height, body mass, and maturity offset were negatively correlated with the anterior-posterior centre of foot pressure mean velocity under eyes-open conditions. The acrobatic gymnasts' body mass and BMI percentiles were negatively correlated with their anterior-posterior and medial-lateral centre of foot pressure mean velocities under both visual conditions (r ranged from - 0.64 to - 0.93; p < 0.05). The non-athletes' centre of foot pressure mean velocities were non-significantly correlated with their age and anthropometric measures under both visual conditions (p > 0.05).
conclusionsThe artistic gymnasts' longer training experience, greater age, body height, body mass, and biological maturity were associated with better anterior-posterior postural steadiness when vision was available; the acrobatic gymnasts' greater body mass and BMI percentiles were associated with better overall postural steadiness regardless of visual conditions. Relationships were observed between postural steadiness and discipline-specific training experience and anthropometric characteristics; however, causes and effects were not proven.
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