Naslov
Somatic status of boys and girls starting primary school

Autori
Paušić, Jelena ; Čavala, Marijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
ECSS SALZBURG-2003 / Muller, Erich ; Schwameder, Hermann ; Zallinger, Gerhard ; Fastenbauer, Verena - Salzburg, 2003, 221-221

Skup
8th Annual Congress European College of Sport Science

Mjesto i datum
Salzburg, Austrija, 09.07.2003. - 12.07.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
somatic status; asymmetry; locomotor system

Sažetak
It has been generally known that children , starting education at the age of seven, come under growing pressure which results in changes of the locomotory system. Nowadays, children more frequently tend to spend their spare time sitting in front of a computer or a television and less in active playing. The aim of this paper is to establish the state of the somatic indicators of the children when starting primary school in order to enable the insight into their own state to their teachers, parents and others who have a major role in a childs development to act with the aim of decreasing and dosing more regularly the pressure at school or in free time.It has been discovered that there are significant deformities in body posture in children of the both sexes starting primary school. These are the children who have not felt more considerable school pressures (spending a lot of time at a classroom desk, carrying heavy school bag...), and already 16.5% out of 32.9% have deformity, i.e. asymmetries of some somatic indicators by 1 cm, and 3.6% out of 19.1% of the children have 2 cm or more. It has also been established that the dominant asymmetrical side of the body is the left one. As many authors claim, the dominant side of the body is at the same time even lower in deformed persons. Therefore we can conclude that left side is asymmetrical in right-handed children, while in the left-handed ones, it would be the right side. Simultaneously, we have discovered a large number of thorax deformities. The percentage of boys with thorax deformities is significantly higher than the number of the mentioned in girls, and it is evident that recessed thoraxes are observable in both sexes. In the end it should be mentioned that we have discovered a permanent presence of asymmetry in locomotory system of children at this age. With this conclusion we urge parents, teachers and all of those who are concerned with the proper growth and development of children to contribute to suppression of this extensive phenomenon which can lead up to multiple psycho-somatic consequences at an older age.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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