INJURY PREVENTION IN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: A GUIDE FOR COACHES AND DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH

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  • Phillip Cossens

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Competitive artistic gymnastics is a high risk activity. Injury prevention essentials include: Avoid the ‘lumbar fold’ into extension; Maximise hip extension range; Maximise thoracic extension range; Maximise thoracic rotation range; Gain calf strength and endurance; Ankle proprioceptive training. Injury prevention essentials may be important for all gymnastics coaches to recognise, but could also be used to guide future research investigating injuries in gymnastics.

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30 International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2012)

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Applied Program

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.