Sunčica Delaš Kalinski

Low Back Pain of Faculty of Sport and Physical Education Students in Relationto Different Activities

Background: Physical inactivity and intensive sports activity have been found to be associated with LBP. The aim of this study is the presents the data about the prevalence of LBP in young adults and its associations with vitality, physical activity and emotions. We also studied the impact of low back pain on daily activity. The study sample presented (n=323) students from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the chronological age of 21.06 ± 1.93 years. The current study assessed the level of LBP amongst students of Faculty of Sport with the level of physical activity in last six months. Methods: We used the questionnaire, which included the Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS) for the evaluation of levels of chronic pain. With a Short Health Survey (SF-36) we tried to measure the health status. Results: A total of (n=323) of all students had pain intensity at some point in last six months. All students reported (n=236, 73.0%) prevalence of LBP. In this study body mass index, level of physical activity were not significant independent predictors of intensity and disability scores. Conclusion: 3/4 of all respondents said to have had any episode LBP. The results of our study can be used by officials in the area of prevention to support efforts to improve health of the student population and to reduce the LBP risk.

Challenges of female vault finals for the 2008–2016 period

Article statistics Word count: 2,855; Tables: 0; Figures: 5; References: 21 Received: February 2017; Accepted: October 2017; Published: December 2017 Full-text PDF: http://www.balticsportscience.com Copyright

GENDER-BASED PROGRESSION AND ACQUISITION OF GYMNASTIC SKILLS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION / DINAMIKA UČENJA I IZVOĐENJA GIMNASTIČKIH ELEMENATA U TJELESNOJ I ZDRAVSTVENOJ KULTURI – RAZLIKE PO SPOLU

Gender differences in acquiring and retaining gymnastic skills in first graders were studied. Forty-four (44) girls and thirty-two (32) boys (mean age 6.5 years) participated as the experimental group. They were included in the 35-week-long program based on four gymnastic skills. Their performance was measured in three acquisition and two retention phases. The results showed that the girls performed better than the boys. The independent sample t-test showed significant gender differences in the majority of measurements. ANOVA for the retention phases revealed a positive learning transfer only in case of the candlestick element for the boys and in case of the cartwheel element for the girls. The differences found are not considered as a disturbing factor for the coeducational teaching method but just as the guidelines for the PE teachers when making their curricula more appropriate and individually approached.