Category
Gym sports
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate if changes in elbow and wrist joints loading occurred as a function of (a) different hand placement and (b) fundamental skills difficulty level in female gymnastics. Ten female gymnasts performed 54 successful trials of round-off skills (cartwheel [18], round-off [18], round-off to back handspring [18]), with three different hand positions (parallel, T-shape and reverse). Kinematic and kinetic data were collected for each trial. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyse the injury risk factors. Results suggested that the T- shape technique during different levels of round-off skills decreases mechanical load (peak vertical ground reaction forces and joint kinetics at the elbow and wrist) and may represent safer technique for young female gymnasts.
Recommended Citation
Brtva, Pavel; Irwin, Gareth; and Farana, Roman
(2020)
"THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN FUNDAMENTAL SKILL COMPLEXITY ON UPPER LIMB LOADING IN FEMALE GYMNASTICS,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 38:
Iss.
1, Article 118.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol38/iss1/118
