The Effect of Scapula Stabilization Exercises On Clavicle Mobility In Adolescent Girls

Year 2025, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 86 - 95

Gönül Elpeze , Günseli Usgu

https://doi.org/10.63695/jhscr.1650328

Abstract

Purpose
The study was planned to research the effects of the scapula stabilization exercises on the elevation of the clavicle movements.
Method
40 healthy female adolescents participated in the study. The age of the study participants was recorded as (13.10±0.79 years). The participants were divided into two groups alternately. The intervention group is offered scapula stabilization exercise training and a physical activity program. There is a physical activity program for the control group. The groups are provided exercise programs three days a week for eight weeks. The clavicle mobility of the experienced was evaluated before and after the study. To measure the mobility of the clavicle, the Video Analysis Method was used. The angular changes of the clavicle were measured on the frontal and the scapular plane during arm elevation.
Results
After the scapula stabilization exercise program in the intervention group, the greatest increase was seen in the left clavicular elevation on the scapular plane during elevation of the arm (p<0.05). During the elevation of the arm on the frontal plane, an increase was observed in the right and left clavicular elevation (p<0.05).
Conclusion
Scapula stabilization exercises may affect clavicle mobility. According to this study, the changes seen in clavicle movement occur most during the elevation of the arm on the front plane. In shoulder-oriented exercise programs, it is recommended to evaluate the clavicle mobility occurring at different angles of arm elevation.

Keywords

adolescent, clavicle, scapula, exercise

Kız Adölesanlarda Skapula Stabilizasyon Egzersizlerinin Klavikula Hareketliliğine Etkisi

Abstract

Amaç
Çalışma, skapula stabilizasyon egzersizlerinin klavikula elevasyon hareketlerine etkisini araştırmak amacıyla planlandı.
Yöntem
Çalışmaya 40 sağlıklı kız adölesan birey katıldı. Çalışmaya katılan bireylerin yaş ortalaması (13.10±0.79 yıl) olarak kaydedildi. Bireyler rastgele yöntemle iki gruba ayrıldı. Müdahale grubuna skapula stabilizasyon egzersiz eğitimi ve fiziksel aktivite programı uygulandı. Kontrol grubuna fiziksel aktivite programı uygulandı. Gruplara sekiz hafta boyunca haftada üç gün egzersiz programları uygulandı. Bireylerin klavikula hareketliliği çalışma öncesi ve sonrası değerlendirildi. Klavikula hareketliliğini ölçmek için Video Analiz Yöntemi kullanıldı. Klavikulanın açısal değişiklikleri omuzun frontal ve skapular düzlem elevasyonu sırasında analiz edildi.
Bulgular
Müdahale grubunda skapula stabilizasyon egzersiz programı sonrasında kolun skapular düzlem elevasyonu sırasında en fazla sol klavikular elevasyonda artış görüldü (p<0.05). Kolun frontal düzlem elevasyonu sırasında sağ ve sol klavikular elevasyonda artış görüldü (p<0.05).
Sonuç
Skapula stabilizasyon egzersizleri klavikula hareketliliğine etki edebilir. Bu çalışma sonuçlarına göre, klavikula hareketliliğinde görülen değişiklikler en çok kolun frontal düzlem elevasyonu sırasında gerçekleşir. Omuza yönelik egzersiz programlarında kol elevasyonunun farklı açılarında oluşan klavikula hareketliliğininde değerlendirilmesi önerilir.

Keywords

adölean, klavikula, skapula, egzersiz

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