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Article

Postural Control in Unipedal Quiet Stance in Young Female Gymnasts and the Effects of Training with Consideration of Transient Behavior of Postural Sway

by
Urška Čeklić
1,
Nejc Šarabon
1,2,3 and
Žiga Kozinc
1,4,*
1
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Polje 42, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia
2
Human Health Department, InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia
3
Laboratory for Motor Control and Motor Behavior, S2P, Science to Practice, Ltd., Tehnološki Park 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
4
Andrej Marušič Institute, University of Primorska, Muzejski trg 2, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(2), 982; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020982
Submission received: 4 January 2022 / Revised: 12 January 2022 / Accepted: 14 January 2022 / Published: 16 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Training and Performance in Youth Sports)
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to compare postural control between a group of young female gymnasts (n = 15; age: 11.2 ± 1.9 years) and non-trained peers (n = 15; age: 10.9 ± 2.0 years), and (b) to investigate the effect of an 8-week whole body exercise intervention program on postural control in young female gymnasts. Postural control was assessed by recording center of pressure (CoP) movements during unipedal quiet stance. Velocity and amplitude of CoP movement in anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) directions were considered. In addition to common trial-averaged CoP outcomes, we also considered the transient behavior of CoP movements, by calculating relative differences between the 1st and 2nd, and the 1st and 3rd 10-s intervals within the whole trial (DIF_21 and DIF_31, respectively). The gymnast group had lower total CoP velocity (Cohen’s d = 0.97) and AP amplitude (Cohen’s d = 0.85), compared to their non-trained peers. The gymnasts also had lower CoP AP amplitude DIF21 (Cohen’s d = 0.73), with almost constant values across all intervals. After the training ML CoP velocity was reduced for 13.12% (Cohen’s d = 0.60), while ML CoP amplitude increased (Cohen’s d = −0.89).
Keywords: postural sway; balance; youth sport; stability; single-leg stance postural sway; balance; youth sport; stability; single-leg stance

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Čeklić, U.; Šarabon, N.; Kozinc, Ž. Postural Control in Unipedal Quiet Stance in Young Female Gymnasts and the Effects of Training with Consideration of Transient Behavior of Postural Sway. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020982

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Čeklić U, Šarabon N, Kozinc Ž. Postural Control in Unipedal Quiet Stance in Young Female Gymnasts and the Effects of Training with Consideration of Transient Behavior of Postural Sway. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(2):982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020982

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Čeklić, Urška, Nejc Šarabon, and Žiga Kozinc. 2022. "Postural Control in Unipedal Quiet Stance in Young Female Gymnasts and the Effects of Training with Consideration of Transient Behavior of Postural Sway" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 2: 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020982

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Čeklić, U., Šarabon, N., & Kozinc, Ž. (2022). Postural Control in Unipedal Quiet Stance in Young Female Gymnasts and the Effects of Training with Consideration of Transient Behavior of Postural Sway. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020982

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