Effect of different hand positions on elbow loading during the round off in male gymnastics: A case study
Author
Farana, Roman
Janezckova, Petra
Ucytil, Jaroslav
Irwin, Gareth
Date
2015-06-01Acceptance date
2015
Type
Article
Publisher
University of Ljubljana
ISSN
1855-7171
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Elbow lesions are a potential reason for ending a gymnastics career, and presents a real
concern for coaches, scientist and clinicians. Previous research has focused on female
gymnastics and as such the aim of the current study was to investigate key elbow joint injury
risk factors including impact forces, elbow joint kinetics, and kinematics during different roundoff techniques in male artistic gymnastics. An international level active male gymnast performed
15 successful trials of a round-off from a hurdle step to back handspring with three different
hand positions (parallel (5), T-shape (5) and reverse (5)). Synchronized kinematic (3Dautomated motion analysis system; 240 Hz) and kinetic (force plate; 1200 Hz) data were
collected for each trial. Effect-size statistics determined differences between each hand position.
The key conclusions were, the T-shape technique reduces vertical, anterior-posterior and
resultant ground reaction forces. Differences in elbow joint internal adduction moment and
elbow joint compression force indicated that the T-shape technique may prevent elbow joint
complex overload and reduces potential of elbow injuries.
Journal/conference proceeding
Science of Gymnastics Journal;
Citation
Farana, R., Janezckova, P., Uchytil, J. and Irwin, G. (2015) 'Effect of different hand positions on elbow loading during the round off in male gymnastics: A case study', Science of Gymnastics Journal, 7(2).
URI
https://www.fsp.uni-lj.si/en/research/scientific-magazines/science-of-gymnastics/previous-issues/2015060808192614/http://hdl.handle.net/10369/10818
Description
Article published in Science of Gymnastics Journal on 01 June 2015, freely available at: https://www.fsp.uni-lj.si/en/research/scientific-magazines/science-of-gymnastics/previous-issues/2015060808192614/.
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
Collections
- Sport Research Groups [1088]
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