EFFECTS OF A PROTOCOL OF ASSISTED DYNAMIC PASSIVE FLEXIBILITY TRAINING IN PARTICIPANT ADULTS OF LABOR GYMNASTICS PROGRAM AT THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES COLLEGE OF CACOAL FACIMED

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to analyze and compare the effects of a assisted dynamic flexibility protocol in labor gymnastics at the Biomedical Sciences College of Cacoal-FACIMED, (Rondônia Brasil). The sample was composed by 19 employees from both genres with an average age of 32,2 years ±11,94, divided into 2 groups: Experimental group (EG) (women, n=5 and men, n=4) and the control group (CG) (women, n=5 and men, n=5). All the evaluations were made at the FACIMED`s Physiology and Biomechanics Laboratory from Biomedical Sciences College of Cacoal-FACIMED the 17 to the 20 of March, 2008 (diagnostic evaluation) and from the 23 to the 28 of May, 2008 (post-training evaluation), having the corresponding schedule from 14:00 to 17:00. The pre- and post-tests (which measured the articular amplitude) were applied by using the goniometric method in Thoracic Lumbar Flexion (TLF); Right Hip Flexion (RHF); Left Hip Flexion (LHF); Right Shoulder Horizontal Extension (RSHE) and the Left Shoulder Horizontal Extension (LSHE). The training was executed during six minutes in the labor gymnastics program, two or three times a week in a period of eight weeks, and these employees attended at least 15 sessions, and at most 23 sessions of gymnastics, and a control group was formed to make a comparison possible. Results: Through the statistical analysis by using a Paired-Samples t Test Student, it has been noticed meaningful differences (p<0,05) in the articular amplitude movement (AAM) in the studied variables (TLF)p=0,001, (RHF)p=0,020; (LHF)p=0,010; (RSHE)p=0,020; (LSHE)p=0,000, comparing the secular stratus of pre- and post-training. Conclusion: After the gotten results it is concluded that the application of a protocol of assisted passive dynamic flexibility modified the AAM in the mentioned variables, producing an increase of the articular arcs in the researched individuals, in comparison to the control group, which did not demonstrate any important alteration of the arcs to articulate.