Abstract

The aim of proprioreceptive gymnastics is improvement of postural control in extreme and dynamic situations. For some years in our Center we have been following a group of young athletes practising sports in which there is a high incidence of distortion pathologies, individuals frequenting the gymnasium for recreative play activities and members of the CUS Perugia volleyball athletic team. At the end of the standard training session one group continued with proprioreceptive gymnastics for a further 15 min. Using manual and instrumental techniques the imbalance is determined in order to reconstitute a better restructuring of the body scheme and sharpen complex motor schemes. Every 6-8 months and at the end of the competitive season, comparison of the incidence of traumas in the two groups evidenced a positive influence in the decrease of various traumas in the group of athletes (about 30% decrease in osteo-articulation and muscular-ligament pathologies) and a greater increase in motor-reaction capacity in the various components of the muscular system both in the athletes and recreative games subjects. Verf.-Referat