Influence of posture and body type on the experience of exercise-related transient abdominal pain

Title: Influence of posture and body type on the experience of exercise-related transient abdominal pain
Creator: Morton, Darren P.; Callister, Robin
Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 13, Issue 5, p. 485-488
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2009.10.487
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of posture and body type on the experience of exercise-related transient abdominal pain (ETAP). Postural and somatotype assessments were performed on 104 active males and 55 active females aged 18.6 ± 0.4 years (mean ± SD) and were correlated against their self-reported experience of ETAP. Individuals demonstrating kyphosis were more likely to be susceptible to ETAP (p < 0.01). Among the individuals susceptible to ETAP, the extent of kyphosis and lordosis influenced the pain severity (p < 0.05). There was no relationship between any measure of body type and ETAP. The findings indicate that postural abnormality, particularly in the thoracic region, influences the experience of ETAP.
Subject: posture; somatotype; exercise; abdominal pain
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/929374
Identifier: uon:10572
Identifier: ISSN:1440-2440
Language: eng
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