The Effect of Eight Weeks Corrective Exercise on the Functional Kyphosis Curvature in the Teenager Girls

Document Type : Original article

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1 MSc Student of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Physical Education), Mashhad, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Sport Injury and Corrective Exercise, School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Physical Education), Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: Kyphosis is one of the most common abnormalities of spinal cord, especially in teenager girls and corrective methods that are used to correct this abnormality in childhood and teen years are limited, or they are not adaptable with these people. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of corrective exercise on the kyphosis curvature in teenager girls.
Materials and Methods: The present semi-experimental study was conducted on 20 students aged between 13 to 17 years (mean age: 14/4±1/3, mean height 159/8±4/8, mean weight 48/3±7/6, and BMI 18/8±2/5) with functional kyphosis (the angle more than 40 degrees). The participants were randomly divided into two groups: control group (n = 10) and experimental group (n=10). The exercise plan included 80-60 minutes training, 3 sessions per week for 8 weeks and kyphosis curvature measurements were performed prior to and after the training program using flexible ruler. The paired sample t-test and covariate were run to find the difference at significant level of 0/05.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference in curvature kyphosis between the control and experimental groups (P= 0.03). Also there was a significant decrease in the curvature degree in experimental group (P= 0.004), but no significant difference was observed in the control group (P= 0/56).
Conclusion: The present study indicated that the corrective exercise is a convenient and easy approach to improve functional kyphosis curvature. These exercises are recommended to this group of people to improve the curvature of their back.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1
March and April 2017
Pages 161-168

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  • Receive Date: 15 November 2015
  • Revise Date: 28 May 2016
  • Accept Date: 26 June 2016
  • First Publish Date: 21 March 2017

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