Summary: Impact of canoeing on the good posture The goal of this work is to explore and describe all the effects of canoeing on the correct posture. It refers to canoeing as monolateral burden and examines its negative impact on the human body. Experiment is trying to compensate for and correct any health problems that may arise. This thesis is intended as background material for the correction of health problems in Canoeing.

The bachelor thesis deals with the problem of the posture of pre-school children. The aim was to found out the posture of two age similar groups of pre-school children at the beginning and at the end of the final year before entering the primary school and to verify if there are some changes in posture at this time period. I used two tests to assess the posture, perspective method Klein, Thomas and Mayer in combination with the build evaluation according to Jaros and Lomicek. I was gaining the research data also by the observation method of common day running in two pre-school institutions and by the method of half-structured interview with class teachers ofthese institutions. Research file formed two age similar groups of pre-school children, specifically children from the last year of a kindergarden and children from preliminary classes. The result of the research is the finding out that in the last year, before entering the primary school, come about negative changes at posture of the pre-school children and that points to the fact that even pre-school age is high risk from posture point of view. KEY WORDS Body posture evaluation Defective body posture Pre-school child Kindergarden Preliminary class Motion activity

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The diploma thesis is focused on the evaluation of the level of basic motor skills of preschool children in relation to gender, age, completion of the first figure changes, body composition and level of physical posture development. The study held from May 2013 to January 2014 included 208 children (101 boys and 107 girls) in the age range of 3 - 6 years old attending kindergartens. Each subject was observed based on 32 somatic characteristics (body height, weight, 8 width dimensions, 8 peripheral characteristics of the trunk and limbs, thickness of 14 skinfolds). There was performed the body mass fractionation according to Matiegka's equations for the analysis of body composition. The completion of first character transformations was examined by aspect assessment (according to Filipin rate), so was examined the quality of posture (methods according to Matthias) and the quality of postural functions (method according to Jaroš and Lomíček). In the case of basic motor skills there was chosen 20 ms run with standing start for the testing of speed capability, for the evaluation of explosive strength abilities was selected jump from the spot with two legs reflection, the testing of explosive strength of the upper limbs was exercised by a ball throw (150 g) by both right and left hand and the evaluation...

Objectives: The objective of this thesis is to evaluate body posture in students of 3rd and 4th grade of elementary school, to assess the impact of the intervention programme and to discuss further ways how the body posture can be affected. Methods: The body posture evaluation was performed through an experiment with elements of qualitative and quantitative research. Results: The body posture evaluation was performed using three selected tests: Mathias test, evaluation by Jaros and Lomička and measurement of the cervical and lumbar lordosis. Mathias test showed good posture results in only 14 students (16.9%), 69 students (83.1%) had poor posture. According to Jaroš and Lomíček, the head and neck were found to be the worst scoring areas, while the best scoring area of the body was found to be the chest. In terms of posture, the pretest revealed 27 students (32.6%) to have good posture, 54 students (65%) bad posture and 2 students (2.4%) were found to have very poor posture. The posttest revealed 36 students (43.4%) to have good posture and 47 students (56.6%) poor posture. Very bad posture was not found in posttest. Measurement of cervical lordosis was within the normal range for 10 (12%) students in testing (pretest) and for 12 students (14.5%) in the posttest. Lumbar lordosis testing was also in...

Darbe atlikta teorinė taisyklingos kūno laikysenos sampratos, laikysenos sutrikimų paplitimo, priežasčių, pasekmių, korekcinių priemonių analizė. Iškelta hipotezė, kad sistemingas pratimų su terapiniais kamuoliais integravimas į judesio korekcijos pratybas 5-6 metų vaikams, turintiems laikysenos sutrikimų, daro teigiamą poveikį jų kūno laikysenai. Pratimų su terapiniais kamuoliais taikymas laikysenos sutrikimų profilaktikoje ir korekcijoje yra efektyvesnis nei tradiciniai fiziniai pratimai. Buvo atliktas eksperimentas, kurio tikslas - nustatyti ir įvertinti pratimų su terapiniais kamuoliais poveikį 5-6 metų vaikų laikysenai. Atlikta statistinė (aprašomoji dažnių, vidurkių, Mann’o ir Whitney U-testo, Wilcoxon’o teso, Spirmeno koreliacijos koeficiento) duomenų analizė. Tyrime dalyvavo Šiaulių rajono Kairių lopšelio-darželio ,,Spindulėlis” ir Šiaulių lopšelio-darželio ,,Varpelis” 5-6 metų vaikai, turintys laikysenos sutrikimų. Empirinėje dalyje nagrinėjami 5-6 metų vaikų laikysenos ypatumai, analizuojami laikysenos, kaulų ir raumenų funkcinės būklės pokyčiai. Svarbiausios empirinio tyrimo išvados: 1. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad judesio korekcijos pratybos taikant pratimus su terapiniais kamuoliais turėjo teigiamą poveikį 5-6 metų vaikų kūno laikysenai. Eksperimentinės grupės tiriamųjų kūno laikysena patikimai (p≤0,05) pagerėjo po eksperimento ir statistiškai reikšmingai skyrėsi nuo kontrolinės grupės tiriamųjų kūno laikysenos (p≤0,05). 2. Visų tiriamųjų kaulų ir raumenų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the present master’s thesis, there is performed theoretical analysis of the concept of correct body posture disorders, their reasons, consequences and corrective means. In the thesis, there was raised a hypothesis that systematic integration of exercises with therapeutic balls into practice of movement correction to 5-6 years aged children with posture disorders makes positive effect on their body posture. Application of exercises with therapeutic balls in prophylaxis and correction of posture disorders is more efficient than conventional physical exercises. An experiment was performed. The purpose of the experiment was to determine and assess the effect to the exercises with therapeutic balls on the posture of 5-6 years aged children. A statistical analysis (descriptive of frequencies, averages, Mann and Whitney’s U-test, Wilcoxon’s test, Spirmen’s correlation coefficient) of data was performed. 5-6 years aged children with posture disorders from Kairiai kindergarten “Spindulėlis” and from Šiauliai kindergarten “Varpelis” participated in the research. Peculiarities of posture of 5-6 years aged children are considered in the empiric part of the thesis. There are also analysed changes of functional condition of posture, bones and muscles. The main conclusions of the empiric research are the following: 1. The results of the research demonstrated that practice of movement correction applying exercises with therapeutic balls had positive effect on posture of 5-6 years old... [to full text]

Darbo objektas: kineziterapijos ir plaukimo pamokų poveikis 7 – 9 metų berniukų laikysenai, statinei liemens raumenų ištvermei ir pusiausvyrai. Darbo tikslas: nustatyti ir palyginti kineziterapijos ir kineziterapijos derinamos su plaukimo pamokomis poveikį 7 – 9 metų berniukų laikysenai, statinei liemens raumenų ištvermei ir pusiausvyrai. Uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti kineziterapijos poveikį laikysenai, statinei liemens raumenų ištvermei bei pusiausvyrai, taikant kineziterapiją salėje berniukams su netaisyklinga laikysena. 2. Įvertinti kineziterapijos ir plaukimo pamokų poveikį laikysenai, statinei liemens raumenų ištvermei bei pusiausvyrai taikant kineziterapiją salėje ir plaukimo pamokas berniukams su netaisyklinga laikysena. 3. Nustatyti, kuris metodas turi didesnę įtaką gerinant laikyseną, statinę liemens raumenų ištvermę ir pusiausvyrą berniukams su netaisyklinga laikysena. Tyrimo hipotezė: manome, kad taikant kineziterapiją salėje, derinamą su plaukimo pamokomis, labiau pagerės berniukų laikysena, statinė liemens raumenų ištvermė ir pusiausvyra nei taikant tik kineziterapiją salėje. Tyrimo rezultatai: abiejų grupių laikysena, statinė liemens raumenų ištvermė bei pusiausvyra statistiškai reikšmingai (p < 0,05) pagerėjo. Tačiau lyginant grupes tarpusavyje, nebuvo nustatyta reiškmingo (p > 0,05) skirtumo tarp vertinamų rodiklių. Išvados: 1. Taikant kineziterapiją salėje statistiškai reikšmingai pagerėjo berniukų laikysena, statinė liemens raumenų ištvermė bei pusiausvyra... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Subject: influence of physical therapy and swimming lessons to static trunk muscle endurance, balance and posture for 7 - 9 years old boys. Research aim: Identify and compare the efficiency of physical therapy, and both physical therapy and swimming lessons' to static trunk muscle endurance, balance and posture for 7 - 9 years old boys. Objectives: 1. Evaluate the effect of physical therapy to static trunk muscle endurance, balance and posture for boys with irregular posture. 2. Evaluate the effect of physical therapy and swimming lessons' to static trunk muscle endurance, balance and posture for boys with irregular posture. 3. Determine which method improves efficiency to static trunk muscle endurance, balance and posture for boys with irregular posture. Research hypothesis: it is considered, that static trunk muscle endurance, balance and posture develops better for boys with both physical therapy and swimming lessons' compared to only physical therapy. Research results: balance, static trunk muscle endurance and posture improved statistically significant (p<0,05) for both groups - I and II. Otherwise, there was no significant difference (p>0,05) compared both groups. Conclusions: 1. Balance, static trunk muscle endurance and posture statistically significant improved by using physical therapy. 2. Balance, static trunk muscle endurance and posture statistically significant improved by using physical therapy and swimming lessons. 3. Physical therapy, and both physical... [to full text]

Holistic image processing is tied to expertise and is characteristic of face and body processing by adults. Infants process faces holistically, but it is unknown whether infants process body information holistically. In the present study, we examined whether infants discriminate changes in body posture holistically. Body posture is an important nonverbal cue that signals emotion, intention, and goals of others even from a distance. In the current study, infants were tested for discrimination between body postures that differ in limb orientations in three conditions: in the context of the whole body, with just the limbs that change orientation, or with the limbs in the context of scrambled body parts. Nine-month olds discriminated between whole body postures, but failed in the isolated parts and scrambled body conditions, indicating that they use holistic processes to discriminate body information. In contrast, 3.5-month olds failed to discriminate between whole body postures, therefore no conclusion can be drawn about their ability to process bodies holistically. These results indicate that infants process body information holistically during the first year of life, but there are developmental changes in the processing of body information from 3.5 to 9 months of age.

As palmilhas posturais são órteses plantares e foram desenvolvidas por Bourdiol um pouco antes de 1980. Seu princípio está fundamentado na ação de peças podais, as quais são chamadas de elementos, barras, cunhas e calços, que são colocados sob a pele e os músculos plantares, reprogramando a postura. Na avaliação postural são observadas as variáveis descritas no protocolo CNT (assimetria dos membros superiores, assimetria das cristas ilíacas, assimetrias das Espinhas Ilíacas Póstero- Superiores - EIPS, etc.). A postura corporal é descrita como um processo de inter-relacionamento relativo das partes do corpo, havendo equilíbrio entre os ossos, músculos, tendões e ligamentos, estruturas que sustentam e protegem o corpo contra agentes externos ou internos. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar os efeitos das palmilhas posturais sobre a postura corporal de escolares. Os objetivos específicos foram descrever as características posturais dos participantes durante a utilização das palmilhas posturais e verificar as alterações da pressão plantar dos escolares, durante a utilização das palmilhas. Foram avaliados 6 alunos da 3° série do ensino fundamental da Rede Particular da cidade de Porto Alegre – RS, todos do sexo masculino. Para a coleta de dados foi utilizada a avaliação postural através do Programa computacional para avaliação postural (PCAP) e através de um baropodômetro eletrônico. Os escolares foram avaliados pelo protocolo CNT, e através desta avaliação foram definidas quais peças podais seriam utilizadas na confecção das palmilhas. Os escolares foram avaliados primeiramente sem usar as palmilhas posturais, e em seguida fazendo uso das palmilhas, para fins de comparação. Os resultados da avaliação postural demonstraram alterações na postura corporal dos escolares em relação ao protocolo CNT ao utilizar as palmilhas posturais. E os resultados obtidos através do teste de Wilcoxon, com o nível de significância de 5% apontaram diferença significativa na avaliação da pressão plantar na região posterior do pé esquerdo ao utilizar as palmilhas posturais. Conclui-se que a utilização das palmilhas posturais provoca alteração na postura corporal de escolares, e que a pressão plantar apresenta mudanças ao utilizar as palmilhas posturais, com diferença estatisticamente significativa na região posterior do pé esquerdo (p=0,028). As outras regiões do pé apresentaram uma melhor distribuição das pressões, porém seus dados não foram estatisticamente significativos. / Postural insoles are plantar orthosis developed by Bourdiol some time before 1980. Its principle is based on the action of podal pieces, which are called elements, bars, wedges and chocks that are placed under the skin and the plantar muscles, reprogramming the body posture. In postural evaluation, the variables described in CNT protocol are observed. The body posture is described as a process of relative inter-relationship of the body parts, balancing bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments, structures that support and protect the body against external or internal agents. The aim of this study was to verify the effect of postural insoles on the body posture of schoolchildren. The specific objectives had been to describe the postural characteristics of the subjects before and after the use of postural insoles and to verify the alterations on the plantar pressure of schoolchildren, before and after the use of the insoles. Six male pupils attending the third grade of elementary school from the city of Porto Alegre - RS had been evaluated. For the data collection, postural evaluation was analyzed through a computational program for postural evaluation (CPPE) and through an electronic baropodometer. The schoolchildren were evaluated by CNT protocol, and through this evaluation were defined which podal pieces would be used in the confection of the insoles. The schoolchildren had been first evaluated without the use of postural insoles, and after that making use of the insoles, for comparison reasons. The results of the postural evaluation demonstrate body posture alterations on schoolchildren when using the insoles. The results obtained through the Wilcoxon test, with 5% of significance, point statistical difference in the evaluation of the plantar pressure in the posterior region of the left foot when using the postural insoles. One can conclude that the use of postural insoles causes alteration in the body posture of schoolchildren. Also, that the plantar pressure presents changes when postural insoles are used, with statistical significance in the posterior region of the left foot (p=0,028). Other regions of the foot had presented a better pressure distribution, however its data had not been statistical significant.

As palmilhas posturais são órteses plantares e foram desenvolvidas por Bourdiol um pouco antes de 1980. Seu princípio está fundamentado na ação de peças podais, as quais são chamadas de elementos, barras, cunhas e calços, que são colocados sob a pele e os músculos plantares, reprogramando a postura. Na avaliação postural são observadas as variáveis descritas no protocolo CNT (assimetria dos membros superiores, assimetria das cristas ilíacas, assimetrias das Espinhas Ilíacas Póstero- Superiores - EIPS, etc.). A postura corporal é descrita como um processo de inter-relacionamento relativo das partes do corpo, havendo equilíbrio entre os ossos, músculos, tendões e ligamentos, estruturas que sustentam e protegem o corpo contra agentes externos ou internos. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar os efeitos das palmilhas posturais sobre a postura corporal de escolares. Os objetivos específicos foram descrever as características posturais dos participantes durante a utilização das palmilhas posturais e verificar as alterações da pressão plantar dos escolares, durante a utilização das palmilhas. Foram avaliados 6 alunos da 3° série do ensino fundamental da Rede Particular da cidade de Porto Alegre – RS, todos do sexo masculino. Para a coleta de dados foi utilizada a avaliação postural através do Programa computacional para avaliação postural (PCAP) e através de um baropodômetro eletrônico. Os escolares foram avaliados pelo protocolo CNT, e através desta avaliação foram definidas quais peças podais seriam utilizadas na confecção das palmilhas. Os escolares foram avaliados primeiramente sem usar as palmilhas posturais, e em seguida fazendo uso das palmilhas, para fins de comparação. Os resultados da avaliação postural demonstraram alterações na postura corporal dos escolares em relação ao protocolo CNT ao utilizar as palmilhas posturais. E os resultados obtidos através do teste de Wilcoxon, com o nível de significância de 5% apontaram diferença significativa na avaliação da pressão plantar na região posterior do pé esquerdo ao utilizar as palmilhas posturais. Conclui-se que a utilização das palmilhas posturais provoca alteração na postura corporal de escolares, e que a pressão plantar apresenta mudanças ao utilizar as palmilhas posturais, com diferença estatisticamente significativa na região posterior do pé esquerdo (p=0,028). As outras regiões do pé apresentaram uma melhor distribuição das pressões, porém seus dados não foram estatisticamente significativos. / Postural insoles are plantar orthosis developed by Bourdiol some time before 1980. Its principle is based on the action of podal pieces, which are called elements, bars, wedges and chocks that are placed under the skin and the plantar muscles, reprogramming the body posture. In postural evaluation, the variables described in CNT protocol are observed. The body posture is described as a process of relative inter-relationship of the body parts, balancing bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments, structures that support and protect the body against external or internal agents. The aim of this study was to verify the effect of postural insoles on the body posture of schoolchildren. The specific objectives had been to describe the postural characteristics of the subjects before and after the use of postural insoles and to verify the alterations on the plantar pressure of schoolchildren, before and after the use of the insoles. Six male pupils attending the third grade of elementary school from the city of Porto Alegre - RS had been evaluated. For the data collection, postural evaluation was analyzed through a computational program for postural evaluation (CPPE) and through an electronic baropodometer. The schoolchildren were evaluated by CNT protocol, and through this evaluation were defined which podal pieces would be used in the confection of the insoles. The schoolchildren had been first evaluated without the use of postural insoles, and after that making use of the insoles, for comparison reasons. The results of the postural evaluation demonstrate body posture alterations on schoolchildren when using the insoles. The results obtained through the Wilcoxon test, with 5% of significance, point statistical difference in the evaluation of the plantar pressure in the posterior region of the left foot when using the postural insoles. One can conclude that the use of postural insoles causes alteration in the body posture of schoolchildren. Also, that the plantar pressure presents changes when postural insoles are used, with statistical significance in the posterior region of the left foot (p=0,028). Other regions of the foot had presented a better pressure distribution, however its data had not been statistical significant.