Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license
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1 Department of Healthy and Sports Rehabilitation, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
2 Department of Health and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Healthy and Sport Rehabilitation, Faculty of Sport Science and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: The forward head position compromises balance due to muscle imbalance, which may cause loss of proprioception in the joint, which also causes loss of balance. Therefore, the aim of the present study was the effect of exergame exercises on the balance of children with forward posture.
Methods: In this semi-experimental research, which was carried out with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group, 30 boys with a forward posture in Tehran, with an age range of 7 to 12 years, were purposefully selected and placed in two groups of exergame and control. They took in the pre-test stage, the participants performed 3 stork test attempts (static balance). The intervention phase was carried out in eight weeks and three sessions each week and each session lasted 30 minutes, and the participants performed the relevant exercises. After the training phase, the post-test phase was conducted, where the participants performed 3 stork test attempts (static balance) as in the pre-test phase. The data was analyzed by univariate covariance analysis.
Results: The results of the present study showed that exergame exercises significantly improved the static balance of children with forward posture (P=0.001, F=22.94).
Conclusion: In general, the results of the current research emphasize the importance of exergame exercises on the balance of children with head-forward posture, and the benefits of these exercises can be used to improve balance.
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