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In children, adolescents and young adults can be observed vicious body attitudes characterized by increased the physiological curvature of the spine (kyphosis, lordosis) or by the appearance of abnormal curvatures (scoliosis). These asymmetries are accompanied by abnormal curvature of the girdles (shoulder, hip), neck, chest or abdomen. PURPOSE: To establish the frequency of global attitudes deficiencies in elementary school children to provide information to parents and teachers about the postural abnormalities a...

The current research highlights the influence of specific means in dance sport, on developing psychomotor abilities in beginner dancers, starting from the idea that childhood age is the most opportune period for acting on this subject. The subjects for this research (n=24), age group 6-9 years old, were divided into two groups (experiment=12 and control=12). The experiment group is formed by beginner dancers from the Katamis Dance Sport Club, Craiova, Romania and the control group is formed by pupils that have nev...

Background Our study aimed the neurophysiologic testing, by measuring the nervous motor conduction velocity, an objective index of peripheral motor nerve function, beside the motor response, in order to emphasize its significant differences at girls and boys professional athletes. Methods At study had participated a group formed of 30 boys and girls, with an average age of 19 years, which practice one of the following professional sports: fence, volleyball or handball, for maximum 12 years, sports where the use of...

Background The purpose of our study was to evaluate the electromyography activity at different categories of athletes (handball players, volleyball players, fencers), to compare the obtained results and to identify possible characteristic electromyography patterns, correlated to athletes specific physical activity, thus emphasizing the differences between the studied sportive activities. Methods The studied group was formed of 27 male athletes, 9 fencers, 9 handball players and 9 volleyball sportsmen, active for a...