Comparison of Body Posture Features in the Sagittal Plane in Obese and Non–Obese Girls At School age.

Piotr Kurzeja; Pawel Lizis

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Comparison of Body Posture Features in the Sagittal Plane in Obese and Non–Obese Girls At School age.

Piotr Kurzeja, Pawel Lizis

Abstract :

The aim of the study was to compare the characteristics of body posture (BP) in the sagittal plane (SP) in obese and non&amp;ndash;obese girls of school age. The study included 200 girls aged of 13&amp;ndash;16 years attending junior secondary schools in &Aring;&raquo;ywiec region. We separated obese and non&amp;ndash;obese girls. The posture has been studied with the help of photogrammetric method of Moire (PMM), which included 8 parameters in the SP. To evaluate the differences between the characteristics of BP of obese and non&amp;ndash;obese girls we used the test of Mann&amp;ndash;Whitney U. In the individual rankings, we took the value of the coefficient Z and the assumed level of statistical significance of p &amp;lt; 0.05. The obese girls show a worse BP in SP than the non&amp;ndash;obese girls. There was a significant difference between the BP (p &amp;lt; 0.05) in obese and non&amp;ndash;obese girls.