20.500.12556/RUL-134793 Sport-specific habitual adaptations in neck kinesthetic functions are related to balance controlling mechanisms Whilst the importance of trunk, lower and upper extremities for the efficiency of maintaining body sway is well documented, the effects of cervical spine function have been seldom investigated. Afferent information from high density proprioceptors located in the cervical spine can alter postural balance, however the effects of sport’s specific habitual adaptation on balance performance have not yet been investigated. Twenty-seven taekwondo fighters and thirty controls performed unilateral balance tasks while facing forward and during neck torsion balance test while standing on the force plate. Neck kinesthesia was measured with the Head-to-Neutral Relocation test and the Butterfly test with motion-inertial unit. Differences between balance tasks were analyzed using two-way ANOVA. Additionally, correlations between body sway parameters and neck kinesthesia were studied using Pearson correlation coefficient. No differences were found between forward facing and neck torsion balance tasks in taekwondo fighters. However, correlations were found between balance on the non-preferred leg and neck kinesthesia. On the contrary, healthy individuals presented with statistically significant differences between both balance tasks and correlations between balance and neck kinesthesia. Taekwondo fighters seem to present with habitual adaptations in balance control, that differ from non-trained individuals. neck proprioception body sway postural balance kinesthetic function balance vratna propriocepcija vrat nihanje telesa nihanje težišča telesa gibanje skupnega pritiska telesa na podlago ravnotežje drža true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-02-02 08:38:07 2022-02-02 08:38:08 2022-09-14 04:09:56 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 8 str. iss. 24, art. 8965 Vol. 10 Dec. 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 611.93:796.012.266 2076-3417 10.3390/app10248965 43042819 RAZ_Majcen_Rosker_Ziva_2020.pdf RAZ_Majcen_Rosker_Ziva_2020.pdf 1 6A7DB99411AB90C8F5A3446A2C6A7C01 d84e9986d392112c725b2ac3c34abc2b0ec44ea95954e4421d66a822eaaaf56d 337f7fe8-83fb-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153434 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/24/8965 1 d99d4ae1-83fa-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153433 Fakulteta za šport 0 0 0