BACKGROUND: To evaluate athlete efficiency based on quantitative testing, assessing the performance at the beginning and throughout the sports season is necessary. Several tests are available, but no studies analyzed the correlation between cranial morphology evaluated by cephalometry and spinal posture. This study aimed to analyze if there are differences and correlations in cephalometric analysis and spinal posture between two samples of professional athletes. METHODS: Twenty-eight elite male athletes, 16 soccer players (17±1 years), and 12 skiers (16±1 years) were recruited. All included subjects underwent lateral-lateral teleradiography and cephalometric analysis, and spinal posture evaluation in the sagittal and frontal plane with the Spinal Mouse® device. RESULTS: The results showed a significant difference of SpP^CoOr, the angle between the maxilla (SpP: plane between anterior and posterior nasal spine) and the Frankfort horizontal (plane between orbitalis and porion), between the two groups (P<0.001). Spinal posture analysis in the frontal plane showed a more accentuated column curvature in skiers than in soccer players (P<0.01); in the sagittal plane, the forward inclination of the spine was increased in skiers compared to soccer players (P<0.001). A significant correlation was found between the Frankfort horizontal and column inclination in the sagittal plane in soccer players (P<0.01) and between the Frankfort plane and the thoracic tract in skiers (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that cranial structure, which is correlated with spinal posture, may be among the predisposing factors for greater success in one sport rather than another.
Correlation between spinal posture and cranial morphology in professional athletes: a pilot study
Piancino M. G.
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;Tortarolo A.;Di Benedetto L.;Vallelonga T.;Moscufo L.;Beratto L.Last
2023-01-01
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To evaluate athlete efficiency based on quantitative testing, assessing the performance at the beginning and throughout the sports season is necessary. Several tests are available, but no studies analyzed the correlation between cranial morphology evaluated by cephalometry and spinal posture. This study aimed to analyze if there are differences and correlations in cephalometric analysis and spinal posture between two samples of professional athletes. METHODS: Twenty-eight elite male athletes, 16 soccer players (17±1 years), and 12 skiers (16±1 years) were recruited. All included subjects underwent lateral-lateral teleradiography and cephalometric analysis, and spinal posture evaluation in the sagittal and frontal plane with the Spinal Mouse® device. RESULTS: The results showed a significant difference of SpP^CoOr, the angle between the maxilla (SpP: plane between anterior and posterior nasal spine) and the Frankfort horizontal (plane between orbitalis and porion), between the two groups (P<0.001). Spinal posture analysis in the frontal plane showed a more accentuated column curvature in skiers than in soccer players (P<0.01); in the sagittal plane, the forward inclination of the spine was increased in skiers compared to soccer players (P<0.001). A significant correlation was found between the Frankfort horizontal and column inclination in the sagittal plane in soccer players (P<0.01) and between the Frankfort plane and the thoracic tract in skiers (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that cranial structure, which is correlated with spinal posture, may be among the predisposing factors for greater success in one sport rather than another.
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