The influence of kinesitherapy in water on overweight and obese adolescents for body posture and flatfoot

Subject: the influence of kinesitherapy in water for body posture and flatfoot. The aim of the research: to evaluate the influence of kinesitherapy in water on overweight and obese adolescents for body posture and flatfoot. The methodology of the research: the study included 10 overweight and obese adolescents: 6 boys and 4 girls, 10 – 16 years of age. The research lasted for 9 weeks. The posture of adolescents was evaluated before and after the kinesitherapy according to the visual posture evaluation methodology of W.W.K.Hoeger, assessing the degree of flatness of teen foot, the foot flatness test (plantograma) is made and Chippaux-Smirak index is calculated. The hypothesis of the research: it’s believed that the kinesitherapy in water improves the body posture and flatfoot indicators of adolescents. The results of the research: the kinesitherapy in water significantly improved the indexes of posture in the frontal and sagittal planes (p0,05). Conclusions: 1. After the kinesitherapy sessions in water, the posture in the frontal plane significantly improved in the positions of head, knees and ankles. 2. After the kinesitherapy sessions in water, the posture in the sagittal plane significantly improved in the positions of neck and upper back and waist. 3. After the kinesitherapy sessions in water, significant changes in adolescents’ flatfoot were not identified