COMPARISON OF PEAK LUMBAR LORDOSIS BETWEEN SOME BASIC MOVEMENTS OF RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

Authors

Camille Eyssartier, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Paris, France; Fédération Française de Gymnastique, Paris, FranceFollow
Pierre Billard, Fédération Française de Gymnastique, Paris, France
Martine Robert, Fédération Française de Gymnastique, Paris, France
Patricia Thoreux, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Paris, France;Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Paris, France
Christophe Sauret, Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Appareillage des Handicapés, Institution Nationale des Invalides, Créteil, France; Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Paris, FranceFollow

Category

Gym sports

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

To assist coaches in managing gymnasts, a good knowledge of the movements most likely to cause back pain is required. In rhythmic gymnastics (RG), this can be considered as identifying movements involving very high lumbar curvatures. To quantify the lumbar lordosis during some basic RG movements (ring, penché, penché with rotation, split leap, turning split leap, and front and back walkovers), eight gymnasts were enrolled and a 3D motion analysis was performed based on motion capture data, a musculoskeletal model and low-dose biplanar radiographs for model personalisation purposes. The ring and both the front and back walkovers were the movements studied involving the lumbar spine in extension the most but also resulting in the highest dispersion between gymnasts. Hence, future works should investigate the causes of this greater dispersion.

Recommended Citation

Eyssartier, Camille; Billard, Pierre; Robert, Martine; Thoreux, Patricia; and Sauret, Christophe (2022) "COMPARISON OF PEAK LUMBAR LORDOSIS BETWEEN SOME BASIC MOVEMENTS OF RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 40: Iss. 1, Article 43.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol40/iss1/43