Effectiveness of a program of the comprehensive correction of foot arch disorders in young athletes aged 7-8 years specialised in taekwon-Do I.T.F.

Danyshchuk Andrii, Ivanyshyn Iryna. Effectiveness of a program of the comprehensive correction of foot arch disorders in young athletes aged 7-8 years specialised in taekwon-Do I.T.F. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2020;11(1):400-411. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2021.11.01.040 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2021.11.01.040 https://zenodo.org/record/5750656 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2021; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 03.01.2021. Revised: 28.01.2021. Accepted: 31.01.2021. Effectiveness of a program of the comprehensive correction of foot arch disorders in young athletes aged 7-8 years specialised in taekwon-Do I.T.F. Andrii Danyshchuk, Iryna Ivanyshyn Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University 57, Shevchenka str., Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018; Ukraine; tel.: +380 (342) 59-60-12 Andrii Danyshchuk – PhD student, department of physical education and sport; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-1080; e-mail: AndriyDan11ITF@gmail.com Iryna Ivanyshyn – Associate Professor of the Theory and Methodic of Physical Education Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-8311; e-mail: iraivan68@gmail.com Abstract Introduction. A number of scientists have proven the positive effect of taekwon-Do I.T.F. on the physical state of people of all ages, the state of their musculoskeletal system. However, in the scientific literature there is no data on the effectiveness of taekwon-Do I.T.F. use in the programs of correction of foot arch (FA) disorders of young athletes. Similarly, no studies have been conducted on the effect of taekwon-Do I.T.F. exercises on the development of myofacsical kinematic chain (MFKC) of the lower limb and its role in the foot maintenance and correction in foot arch disorders. The purpose is to experimentally test the effectiveness of a comprehensive program for the foot arch disorders correction of young athletes by means of taekwon-Do I.T.F. Material and method. The following instrumental methods were used in the work: plantography (baropodograph using computer device “DIERS FAAMUS” (Germany)); electroneuromyography ("Neuro-EMG-Micro" made by "Neurosoft" (Russia)); photometry; myotonometry; formative consistent pedagogical experiment; methods of statistical data processing (Statistics 6.0 (StatSoft, USA)). Young athletes aged 7–8 with FA disorders and a normal foot took part in a 12-month formative experiment. Results. The value of the Friedland index, which characterizes the functional foot reserves, increased statistically significantly among EG1 young athletes who practiced according to the program developed by us, compared with those who were training according to the traditional program – by 6.48% against 3.85%, respectively. Conclusions. Analysis of FA morphological parameters of young athletes aged 7-8 years shows that the positive changes are statistically significantly more performed in young athletes who were training in the sports center "Taekwon-Do I.T.F." on a program of comprehensive correction, which is confirmed by FA changes. Key words: taekwon-do; juniors; foot arch disorder