The adjunctive benefits of mirror cross education on kinetic chain exercise approach in volleyball athletes with scapular dyskinesis.

Autor/inn/en	Paraskevopoulos, Eleftherios; Simeonidis, Theocharis; Tsolakis, Charilaos; Koulouvaris, Panagiotis; Papandreou, Maria
Titel	The adjunctive benefits of mirror cross education on kinetic chain exercise approach in volleyball athletes with scapular dyskinesis. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die ergänzenden Vorteile von Spiegel-Cross Education zum Übungsansatz der kinetischen Kette bei Volleyballsportlern mit Schulterblattdyskinese.
Quelle	In: Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 62 (2022) 1, S. 98-109 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4707; 1827-1928
DOI	10.23736/S0022-4707.21.12174-7
Schlagwörter	Varianzanalyse; Kinematik; Sportmedizin; Volleyball; Bewegungsanalyse; Verletzung; Asymmetrie; Bewegungsablauf; Trainingslehre; Varianzanalyse; Korrektur; Gleichgewichtssinn; Trainingsprogramm; Korrektur; Gleichgewichtssinn; Prophylaxe; Verletzung; Asymmetrie; Kinematik; Bewegungsablauf; Bewegungsanalyse; Körperhaltung; Sportmedizin; Trainingslehre; Trainingsprogramm; Volleyball
Abstract	Background: Volleyball players as overhead athletes have the highest risk of developing scapular dyskinesis. The kinetic chain exercise-approach has gained a lot of attention because of its claims to provide an improved motor control and scapular kinematics. A form of cross exercise, known as mirror therapy, may enhance the effects of a kinetic-chain-approach on scapular posture, upper and lower limb performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the adjunctive benefits of mirror cross education in a kinetic chain approach, in volleyball athletes with SD. Methods: Thirty-nine professional volleyball athletes were randomly assigned to three groups of 13 each, two experimental, the mirror cross education and kinetic chain approach, and one control. Both experimental groups performed a kinetic chain approach program, however, the mirror cross education group performed the exercise program with the addition of two mirrors that allowed athletes to observe their opposite non-dyskinetic scapula. Scapular posture asymmetries in cm, the Y-Balance and the Upper-Quarter Y-Balance after normalizing by limb length the reach distance in each direction, were assessed before and after performing each intervention for 6 weeks. Results: 3x2 two-way Mixed ANOVAs detected significant interactions on scapular posture (P=0.001) on both experimental groups when compared with the control. The Y-Balance and the Upper Quarter Y-Balance scores at both mirror cross education and kinetic chain approach groups showed significant differences when compared with the control (P(0.05). Overall, variables showed significant superiority of the mirror cross education group. Conclusions: The Mirror-Cross-Education demonstrated significant effects in scapular posture and in the functional balance tests of volleyball athletes with scapular dyskinesis. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2023/1