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Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine

The impact of spinal mobility and sagittal spinal shape on the development of balance impairment supports the hypothesis that enhancing spine flexibility results in an improvement in postural balance ability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether the range of motion of thoracol...

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Autores principales: Wehner, Christian, Wehner, Carina, Schwameder, Hermann, Schobersberger, Wolfgang
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35187479
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.834355
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author Wehner, Christian
Wehner, Carina
Schwameder, Hermann
Schobersberger, Wolfgang
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Schobersberger, Wolfgang
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description The impact of spinal mobility and sagittal spinal shape on the development of balance impairment supports the hypothesis that enhancing spine flexibility results in an improvement in postural balance ability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether the range of motion of thoracolumbar rotation during the movements of the Tai Chi Peking style routine is sufficient to improve thoracolumbar flexibility. Three-dimensional kinematic and kinetic data were collected from eight athletes of the German Wushu Federation, while performing all movements of the entire Peking style routine (1) in a competition version corresponding to national/international championships and (2) in a health sport version performed with shorter and higher stances (i.e. a smaller distance between the feet and thus less knee flexion). For each movement the total mean and standard deviation values for the total range of motion of thoracolumbar rotation was calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired differences. Eight movements showed major differences (10.12–19.73°) between the two versions. For the remaining movements, only minor differences (0.7–9.56°) were observed. All movements performed on both sides showed no significant lateral differences. Most of the Tai Chi movements, regardless of the performed version, cover a range of motion of thoracolumbar rotation that has the potential to lead to an improvement of thoracolumbal spine flexibility with appropriate training. The most effective single movements (25.97–72.22°) are Brush Knee and Step Forward, Step Back and Repulse Monkey, Grasp the Sparrow‘s Tail, Wave Hand in the Clouds, and Fair Lady Weaves with Shuttle.
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spelling pubmed-88492432022-02-17 Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine Wehner, Christian Wehner, Carina Schwameder, Hermann Schobersberger, Wolfgang Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living The impact of spinal mobility and sagittal spinal shape on the development of balance impairment supports the hypothesis that enhancing spine flexibility results in an improvement in postural balance ability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether the range of motion of thoracolumbar rotation during the movements of the Tai Chi Peking style routine is sufficient to improve thoracolumbar flexibility. Three-dimensional kinematic and kinetic data were collected from eight athletes of the German Wushu Federation, while performing all movements of the entire Peking style routine (1) in a competition version corresponding to national/international championships and (2) in a health sport version performed with shorter and higher stances (i.e. a smaller distance between the feet and thus less knee flexion). For each movement the total mean and standard deviation values for the total range of motion of thoracolumbar rotation was calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired differences. Eight movements showed major differences (10.12–19.73°) between the two versions. For the remaining movements, only minor differences (0.7–9.56°) were observed. All movements performed on both sides showed no significant lateral differences. Most of the Tai Chi movements, regardless of the performed version, cover a range of motion of thoracolumbar rotation that has the potential to lead to an improvement of thoracolumbal spine flexibility with appropriate training. The most effective single movements (25.97–72.22°) are Brush Knee and Step Forward, Step Back and Repulse Monkey, Grasp the Sparrow‘s Tail, Wave Hand in the Clouds, and Fair Lady Weaves with Shuttle. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8849243/ /pubmed/35187479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.834355 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wehner, Wehner, Schwameder and Schobersberger. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Wehner, Christian
Wehner, Carina
Schwameder, Hermann
Schobersberger, Wolfgang
Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine
title Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine
title_full Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine
title_fullStr Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine
title_full_unstemmed Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine
title_short Thoracolumbar Rotation During Tai Chi Movements—A Biomechanical Analysis of the Entire Peking Style Routine
title_sort thoracolumbar rotation during tai chi movements—a biomechanical analysis of the entire peking style routine
topic Sports and Active Living
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35187479
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.834355
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