Physical Activity for Prevention and Correction of Body Posture in Children and Young People
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 6645
Special Issue Editors
2. Natural and Medical Center for Innovative Research, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland
Interests: rehabilitation; body posture; body balance; thoracic kyphosis; lumbar lordosis; spine; flat foot; forward head posture; corrective exercises; urinary and fecal incontinence rehabilitation; pelvic floor problems; perinatal risk factors; body posture and pelvic floor method test; physical activity; body composition; obesity; health behaviors; maternal and child health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physical activity is a key element in supporting the proper development of the human musculoskeletal system in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. It stimulates and supports the proper growth and maturation process, and is responsible for shaping motor skills and the ability to adapt to physical exertion. In addition, it corrects functional deficiencies and prevents hereditary diseases.
Scientific evidence suggests that currently widespread sedentary lifestyles may contribute to postural defects. If the abnormalities in the process of shaping the body posture are not caused by birth defects or serious injuries to the spine or lower extremities, then it may be the result of akinesia-induced muscular dystonia or, alternatively, incorrectly applied or performed physical activity. Incorrect exercise may cause excessive weakness and stretching of the agonist and contracture of the antagonist muscles. This, in turn, restricts mobility and may lead to the development and persistence of posture defects. It happens both in inactive people and in those practicing sports, especially in people who have been involved in sports professionally for many years. Therefore, it is necessary to educate young people about the causes and methods of correcting body posture defects.
This Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on demonstrating the role of physical activity in shaping body posture in the sagittal, frontal, and transverse planes in trunk and lower extremities in children, adolescents, and young adults, in both healthy populations as well as those with various disabilities or disease.
We invite you to submit scientific articles, research protocols, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and practical research. Reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome in this Special Issue. Other accepted types of manuscripts are methodological works, positions, short reports, and comments.
Dr. Katarzyna Walicka-Cuprys
Dr. Ewa Polak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bad posture
- child development
- foot deformities
- kyphosis
- lordosis
- physical exercises
- postural correction
- scoliosis
- valgus knee
- varus knee
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