Effect of a strength training protocol with a socializing characteristic on the craniovertebral angle in older adults

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Sebastián Andrés Astorga Verdugo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-4987
Soledad Patricia González Silva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9961-9676
Fernanda Borges Silva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-9290
Aldo Rodrigo Martínez Araya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8489-2557
Germán Rojas Cabezas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-1592

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the effect of a strength training protocol with a socializing characteristic on the craniovertebral angle in older adults.
Material and methods: The present study has an experimental, longitudinal design, based on the measurement of the craniovertebral angle before and after the application of a 4 month long strength training protocol with a socializing characteristic. Three groups of 44 randomly chosen participants were carried out: two experimental groups and a control group. A conventional strength training protocol was performed in one experimental group, the strength training protocol with a socializing characteristic was performed in the other experimental group, and no training was applied to the control group. The 132 participants fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria: older adults > 60 years, craniovertebral angle < 50 degrees, without spinal, rheumatic, neurological and systemic pathologies.
Results: There were statistically significant changes in the increase of the craniovertebral angle in the group that performed conventional strength training and in the group that performed strength training with a socializing characteristic (P <0.05).
Conclusion: The strength training protocol with socializing characteristic increased the craniovertebral angle by an average of 14.6 degrees and was 21% more effective than the group that performed conventional resistance training in increasing the craniovertebral angle in older adults.



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Astorga Verdugo, S., González Silva, S., Borges Silva, F., Martínez Araya, A., & Rojas Cabezas, G. (2020). Effect of a strength training protocol with a socializing characteristic on the craniovertebral angle in older adults. Revista Ciencias De La Actividad Física UCM, 21(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.29035/rcaf.21.2.8