Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Postural Stability Measurement with the Y-Balance Test Based on the Levels of the Biomechanical Parameters of 14-Year-Old Girls.

Background: Dynamic balance monitoring involves the assessment of the muscular control during changes of the centre of gravity location in space above the supporting plane. We aimed to determine the structure of the Y-Balance Test and its accuracy based on measurements of strength and resistance to fatigue of muscles acting on the knee joint under static conditions, as well as joint motion ranges and static balance in girls aged 14 years.

Methods: The study included 40 girls aged 14, who attended Gymnasium No.

Tilt and mobility of the hip girdle in the sagittal and frontal planes in healthy subjects aged 19-30 years.

Background: Disturbances in pelvic girdle tilt can cause compensatory changes affecting postural dysfunctions, and can lead to hip and groin strain changes and back pain. However, we still have no clear information on the normative values of pelvic girdle tilt and mobility.

Objective: The study aimed to (1) evaluate the position and mobility of the pelvic girdle in the sagittal and frontal planes in asymptomatic adults aged 19-30, (2) evaluate the possible variation of results according to gender and to develop a proposal for normative values, and (3) evaluate whether body mass, height and BMI are related to the magnitude of hip girdle position and mobility.

Photogrammetric evaluation of body posture of 6-year-old boys training judo, in three repeated assessments.

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to assess changes in body posture in a group of 6-year-old boys training judo, compared to a control group, in three repeated examinations.

Methods: The study included 88 boys aged 6. Fifty-one of them started judo training in sports clubs at the beginning of the school year (JU).

The assessment of the relationships between body posture indices and the Y-Balance Test results in the adolescents.

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to assess the differences of the values of body posture indices, measured with the Moire's method, between girls and boys aged 13 and the relationships of these values with the results of the Y-Balance Test.

Methods: The study involved a group of healthy volunteers attending junior high schools in Cracow. The group consisted of 20 girls and 35 boys.

Evaluation of the accuracy of the postural stability measurement with the Y-Balance Test based on the levels of the biomechanical parameters.

Purpose: The study of dynamic balance involves tests that assess the muscle control of spatial changes of the position of the centre of gravity over the base of support. The purpose of this work was to determine the structure of the Y-balance test and its accuracy based on the measurements of strength performance of the muscles acting on the knee joint as well as the flexibility and balance in boys aged 14 years.

Methods: The study included 43 schoolboys regularly participating in physical education lessons.

Massage efficacy in the treatment of autistic children - a literature review.

Autism is one of the most serious contemporary medical problems. The causes of this disorder remain unknown however there are many hypotheses on the development of this specific symptom constellation. Autistic children have difficulties with contact establishment, they do not like to be touched and do not react to the external stimuli.

Assessment of the impact of regular judo practice on body posture, balance, and lower limbs mechanical output in six-year-old boys.

Background: Physical activity is beneficial for young children. The aim of this study was to monitor the changes in body posture and balance, as well as in the level of lower limbs mechanical output in six-year-old boys practicing judo (JU) and in a group not practicing that sport (NT).

Methods: In 12 matched pairs of boys (JU+NT) body mass and height were measured and Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated at three time points (baseline, three months, six months).

Impact of classic massage on blood pressure in patients with clinically diagnosed hypertension.

Objective: To assess the impact of classic massage on the changes in the values of blood pressure in women with previously diagnosed hypertension.

Methods: The study involved a group often women aged 60-68, who had previously been diagnosed with hypertension. Ten sessions of classic massage of the lower limbs were performed on the subjects.

Topography of spinal column and kidney receptors as illustrated by microsystem of the foot.

Objective: To test the accuracy of the distribution of reflective zones on the feet as proposed by William Fitzgerald using the spine and kidney receptors as reference points.

Methods: Spine and feet lengths were measured first along straight lines and then again, taking into consideration the anatomical curves. The spinal column was further measured with regard to its individual regions (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum-coccyx).

Evaluation of relations between body posture parameters with somatic features and motor abilities of boys aged 14 years.

Introduction: Body posture is an individual characteristic for everyone, it shows great differentiation - especially in people during their progressive development. As a result, the variability of the development and lack of physical activity impose body posture defects in children and youth. In the literature there is a great lack of measureable data on the relations between correct body posture with somatic features, especially motor features in children at the developing age.

Electromyographic assessment of functional symmetry of paraspinal muscles during static exercises in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.

Background: The question of how to correct and rehabilitate scoliosis remains one of the most difficult problems of orthopaedics. Controversies continue to arise regarding various types of both symmetric and asymmetric scoliosis-specific therapeutic exercises.

Objective: The aim of the present paper was to conduct an electromyographic assessment of functional symmetry of paraspinal muscles during symmetric and asymmetric exercises in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.