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Postural Stability in Athletes during Special Hurdle Tests without a Definite Dominant Leg

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  • Bożena Wojciechowska-Maszkowska

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland)

  • Ryszard Marcinów

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland)

  • Janusz Iskra

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland)

  • Rafał Tataruch

    (Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the body balance control of people walking and hurdling with or without a specific dominant leg in a monopodal position. This study involved 28 physical education students. The center of pressure (COP) was measured with a force plate under four conditions: single-leg standing (right and left) with eyes open and two upper limb positions (the arms were positioned in either a specific hurdle technique manner or alongside the body). A repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted separately for five parameters of the COP in the medial-lateral (ML) and anterior-posterior (AP) directions under the four conditions. In the single-leg position, athletes without a dominant lower leg had better body balance than those with a dominant lower leg. The position of the upper limbs influenced the body position when hurdling. Accepting the correct position of the upper limbs helped to maintain balance (when overcoming hurdles). In hurdles, the position of the upper limbs should be improved to maintain postural stability and save this function for more demanding postural tasks.

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  • Bożena Wojciechowska-Maszkowska & Ryszard Marcinów & Janusz Iskra & Rafał Tataruch, 2020. "Postural Stability in Athletes during Special Hurdle Tests without a Definite Dominant Leg," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2020:i:1:p:172-:d:469738
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    1. Janusz Iskra & Ryszard Marcinów & Bożena Wojciechowska-Maszkowska & Mitsuo Otsuka, 2019. "Functional Laterality of the Lower Limbs Accompanying Special Exercises in the Context of Hurdling," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-10, November.
    2. Mitsuo Otsuka & Tadao Isaka, 2019. "Intra-athlete and inter-group comparisons: Running pace and step characteristics of elite athletes in the 400-m hurdles," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-17, March.
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