Horse riders postural stability in relation with riding style

Title of the thesis: Horse riders postural stability in relation with riding style. Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to evaluate dynamic postural stability of horse riders and the impact of the riding style, aditional sports and the naturally croockedness using NeuroCom Smart Equitest System Method: This comparative quantitative experimental study used 14 riders aged 18-36 that were divided into two groups, modern competing dressage riderds (n=7) and classical dressage riders (n=7). All probands underwent the same battery of tests at the Laboratory of applied kinesiology of Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport. Seven test of Neurocom Smart Equitest were performed as follows: Senzory Organization Test, Motor Control Test, Adaptation Test, Unilateral Stance, Limits of Stability, Rythmic Weight Shift, Weight Bearing Squat Test. The data were processed by NeuroCom Balance Manager Software. The statistics were made by Sharpiro-Wilk normality test and the Cohen d tes was used to set the clinical signifikance. Results: The classical dressage riders performed better in most of the tests. The modern dressage riders dominated in the MTC test, here the reaction for the backward shift was clinically significant (ES=1,2). When comparing the riders who regurally ride multiple horses..