The comparison of dynamic and static balance performance of sedentary and different branches athletes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explain the relationship between dynamic and static balance performances of the female athletes who are in basketball, football, volleyball branches and female sedentary people. Totally 36 athletes from Gazi University Sport Club Volleyball and Football teams and Kastamonu Yolspor Club and also 14 sedentary students from Kastamonu Vocational School For Girls participated in the study voluntarily. Each participants was applied totally 4 balance measurements for both dominant and non dominant limbs; Flamingo Balance Test for static balance and Star Excursion Balance Test for dynamic balance. ANOVA parametric comparison was used to analyze the data of study in SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) program and the significance level was accepted as p<0.05. The averages of flamingo balance test of the athletes were 5,4±2,5 for football, 8,5±3 for basketball, 5,3±2,5 for volleyball and 13,5±2,1 for sedentary people besides the averages of star excursion balance test were 654,8±57,5, 851,9±66,2, 703,8±62,2, 605,3±41,8, respectively. As a conclusion; while the static balance performance of the basketball players was lower than the performance of volleyball and football players, their dynamic balance performance was higher than the performance of volleyball and football players. In addition to these, while the dynamic balance performance of sedentary people was lower than the performance of volleyball players significantly, their static balance performance was also lower than the rest of the branches significantly (p<0.05). ©IDOSI Publications, 2012.