CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTOR ABILITIES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH POSTURAL DISORDERS AFFECTING THE SAGITTAL PLANE

Tijana Krsmanovic, Branka Protiã-Gava and Dragoslav Jakonic, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education
University of Novi Sad, Dobrica Živkovic, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education University of Nišs


Abstract

A group of adolescents with postural distortion in the sagittal plane were used as a
sample group to study the relations between anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities.
The total sample included 202 students (79 boys and 123 girls). Their posture was evaluated
using the somatoscopic method by Napoleon Wolanski. Anthropometric characteristics (11) and
motor abilities (12) were brought into correlation with the aim of determining causal links of the
postural disorders affecting the sagittal plane. The results show considerable individual
differences in anthropometric characteristics and the level of motor abilities in both genders.
Generally speaking, we may conclude that the respondents with the postural distortion in the
sagittal plane have either a similar body-build or poorly developed certain motor abilities.

Keywords: posture, sagittal plane, anthropometrics, motor skills.

 



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