Effect of Corrective Exercises with Emphasis on Gluteal Muscles Activation on Active Female Dynamic Balance in running

Document Type : Original article

Authors

1 Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

2 Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department, Faculty of Psychology and educational Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

3 Assistant professor , sport sciences department, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aims: Possessing ideal dynamic balance in athletes is of crucial importance in order to improve the movement and to prevent injuries during exercises; therefore, the aim of the present  study was to assess the effect of lower limb corrective exercise along with gluteal muscle activation in  dynamic balance while treadmill running.
Materials and Methods: In the present quasi experimental design study, a total of 25 healthy active women with convenient sampling method participated in two groups of control (12 cases with average age of 21.2±2.8) and experimental (13 cases with average age of 20.5±2.5). In the experimental group, corrective exercise was performed in eight sessions during two weeks and pre and post balance test were administered for the two groups using Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) in three anterior, posteromedial, and posterolateral directions. Statistical analyses were performed using pair t test for within group comparison and independent t test for between group comparisons with the significance level set at 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the two groups had no significant differences in balance indicator for different directions on pretest (P˃0.05) and within group comparisons in experimental group illustrated significant differences in anterior (P =0.008) and posterolateral directions (P = 0.011), while in posteromedial direction no significant differences were found (P˃0.05).
Conclusion: The results of the presented study demonstrated that this corrective exercise has probably been able to improve dynamic balance in anterior and posterolateral directions of SEBT in healthy active women possibly through having impact on gluteal muscles function, thus to this could be considerable in terms of injury preventing approaches and can be used in conditioning programs.

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Volume 9, Issue 3
November 2020
Pages 247-253
  • Receive Date: 24 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 12 January 2020
  • Accept Date: 20 January 2020
  • First Publish Date: 22 September 2020