Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, cilt.35, sa.5, ss.2823-2829, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
ABSTRACT Introduction: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the hip and trunk range of motions through throwing kinematics. Material and methods: Nine male and nine female shot putters voluntarily participated to this study. The throws of each athlete were recorded by a camera at 50 Hz and handled with Skill Spector V1.3.2 and Dartfish Team Pro 5.5 programs. The collected data was used to determine the relationship between the hip and trunk movements of the participants and their goniometric measurements. Results: It was found that there was a positive relation between right (r .71 male; r .69 female) and left (r .79 male; r .74 female) foot velocity with height of release in both male and female athletes. A positive relation between trunk rotation towards left and throwing angle (r .77) and right hip abduction and angle of release (r .77) in female athletes was also observed; there was no such a relationship in male athletes. In female athletes, a positive relation was observed between throwing velocity (r .82) and distance (r .72) and right lateral flexion of the athletes. There was also a relation between the throwing angle and right and left hips external and internal rotation of the female athletes (IR right r .70; IR left r .77; ER right r -.79; ER left r-.79); in addition, a negative relation between left hip flexion and angle of release (r -.89) was observed. Whereas there was no such a relation in male athletes. Conclusion: According to our preliminary results, we infer that female athletes should pay more attention to throwing technique since body position seems to influence throwing kinematics more than male athletes. Keywords: Shot put throw, throwing velocity, biomechanics, kinematics. DOI: 10.19193/0393-6384_2019_5_444