ORIGINAL
PAPERSAnalyzing
the effects of physical characteristics on trunk muscles endurance in
healthy Turkish subjects
Doymaz
F. 1, Cavlak U. 2,
Kucuk M.3, Telli
O 4., Bas Aslan U.2
1
PT, MSc. Turkish Red Crescent Society, Denizli Medical Center,
Denizli, TURKEY
2
PT, PhD. Pamukkale
University, School of Physical Therapy. Denizli,
TURKEY
3
MD. Turkish Red Crescent
Society, Denizli Medical Center, Denizli,
TURKEY
4
PT, MSc. Pamukkale University, School of Physical Therapy. Denizli,
TURKEY
Abstract
Aim:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of physical
characteristics including; age, gender, mass, height, body mass index
(BMI) and waist-hip ratio on trunk muscles endurance in healthy
subjects.
Methods: In the current work, 111 females and 89
males, totally 200 healthy subjects with mean age of
31.58±13.78
years without any acute disease participated. Trunk muscles endurance
was examined using curl up, static back endurance and horizontal side
bridge tests. Subjects were classified into four different, equal age
groups such as; 10 to 19 years (group 1), 20 to 29 years (group 2),
30 to 39 years (group 3), and 40 to 65 years (group 4). Results were
statistically analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test
with Bonferroni correction and Spearman’s correlation
coefficient.
Results:
When the subjects were analyzed; the
first group
(age<20 years) had the best scores concerning the physical
characteristic measures and endurance tests. And the fourth group
(age >40 years) had the lowest scores. There was a significant
negative correlation between all the test scores and age (p≤
0.05).
When all subjects were analyzed in terms of gender; males had better
scores than females except for static back endurance test (p≤
0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between mass, BMI
and the test scores (p >
0.05). We found a significant positive correlation between height and
all trunk endurance test.
Conclusion: We conclude that increasing age, mass, BMI
and waist- hip ratio are important factors which cause a decrease in
trunk muscles endurance in healthy subjects.
Keywords:
Physical
characteristics, endurance, trunk muscles