Correlation between upper extremity tests and anthropometrc data in physiotherapy students

Test enoročnega suvanja žoge iz sedečega položaja, test sklec in test stabilnosti zgornjega uda v zaprti kinetični verigi bi bili primerni za preventivno ocenjevanje mladih odraslih in ugotavljanje tveganja za poškodbe, ki so posledica izbire poklica, kar bi posledično lahko zmanjšalo pogostost kroničnih bolečin zgornjega uda. Namen: Namen pilotne raziskave je bil preveriti povezanost med posameznimi testi in povezanost testov z lastnostmi preiskovancev ter preveriti skladnost rezultatov naše in drugih raziskav. Metode: V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 13 študentov drugega letnika študijskega programa fizioterapija 2. stopnja. S Pearsonovim korelacijskim koeficientom smo ugotavljali povezanost posameznih testov in povezanost testov z antropometričnimi podatki. Rezultati: Telesna masa in telesna višina sta bili povezani s testom enoročnega suvanja žoge iz sedečega položaja, starost preiskovancev s testom sklec in testom stabilnosti zgornjega uda v zaprti kinetični verigi. Ugotovili smo odlično povezanost testa enoročnega suvanja žoge iz sedečega položaja za levi in desni zgornji ud ter zmerno med testom sklec in testom stabilnosti zgornjega uda v zaprti kinetični verigi. Zaključek: Ugotovitve pilotne raziskave se skladajo z dosedanjimi izsledki raziskav, vendar bi bilo v prihodnje treba narediti raziskavo na večjem številu preiskovancev in oblikovati normativne vrednosti.The Single Arm Seated Shot-Put test, Push-up test and Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability test would be appropriate for preventive assessment of young adults to determine the risk of injury based on occupational choice of profession and therefore reduce upper extremity chronic pains. Aims: The purpose of the pilot study was to find out the correlation between each test, the tests and subjects characteristics and to cheque the consistency of our results with other studies. Methods: Thirteen second-year physiotherapy students were included. Using Pearson\u27s correlation coefficient, we determined the correlation of each test and the tests with anthropometric data. Results: Height and body weight alone influenced the Single Arm Seated Shot Put Test and age influenced the Push up test and the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability test. We found excellent correlation between the Single Arm Seated Shot-Put Test for left and right upper extremity and moderate between the Push up test and Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability test. Conclusion: Our results are consistent with the results in previous studies. Future studies should be conducted on larger samples and include the formation of normative values