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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Influence of Gender and the Specificity of Sports Activities on the Performance of Body Balance for Students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports.

George Danut Mocanu, Gabriel Murariu, Ilie Onu, Georgian Badicu

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

George Danut MocanuFaculty of Physical Education and Sport, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania.
Gabriel MurariuFaculty of Sciences and Environment, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania.
Ilie OnuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1003-0719
Georgian BadicuDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Transilvania University of Brasov, 29 Eroilor Blvd., 500036 Brasov, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4100-8765
"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati · ROGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROTransylvania University of Brașov · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A sense of balance is required in sports activities, conditioning the quality of movements and physical performance. (1) The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of gender and the specificity of sports activities on body balance. The investigated participants are 157 students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports/Bachelor’s degree: 109 men (age = 20.49 ± 2.03, body mass index, BMI = 22.96 ± 3.20), and 48 women (age = 20.21 ± 1.51, BMI = 21.05 ± 2.78). (2) Design: Cross-sectional study, with the definition of the variables gender and sport activity with three stages (non-athletes/NA, team sports games/TSG, and individual sports/IS). The evaluation was based on four dynamic balance tests (Bass test/points, Functional reach test/cm, Fukuda test/degrees of rotation, and Walk and turn field sobriety test/errors) and three static balance tests (Flamingo test/falls, Stork test, and One-leg standing test with eyes closed/s). (3) Results: The variance analysis (multivariate and univariate tests) indicates the superiority of women in most tests applied, but with significantly better values (p < 0.05) only for the Flamingo test and Bass test. Men have superior results only for vestibular stability (Fukuda test) and One-leg standing test, but it is statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). The TSG group has slightly better values than the IS group for the whole set of tests conducted, but these are not statistically significant (p > 0.05), so we cannot highlight the certain superiority of TSG practitioners over those involved in IS. Both the TSG and the IS group outperformed all tests compared to the NA group, with significant differences (p < 0.05), especially for the TSG. Conclusion: Women have better values than men on most tests, and performance sports students have higher average scores than those in the NA group, which demonstrates the beneficial influence of specific training on static and dynamic postural stability.

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Athletic PerformancePhysical Education and TrainingAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFacultyFemaleHumansMalePostural BalanceStudentsYoung Adultevaluationgender differencessports activitystatic and dynamic balanceuniversity students

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PMID35805329
PMCPMC9265780
OpenAlexW4283360141

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