Evaluation of body mechanics of top class Bahraini soccer players

Forty-three top-class Bahraini football players and fifty randomly selected male Bahraini university students were studied to investigate the occurrence of postural deviations specific to football. The standing posture of the subjects was measured utilising the Skan-a-graph posture test and the New York State Posture Rating test from photographs and in vivo. The comparison between active players and the control group revealed no significant difference between the two groups. The results of these data suggest that a longitudinal study is necessary to establish both the cause and the time when postural deformities appear during the growth period of the long bones

Twenty meter blind swimming: a test of underwater work symmetry

The mechanical movements by swimmers were investigated to determine the amount of deviation that occured due to asymmetric limb forces. Five Bahraini National Junior Swimming Team members swam 20 metres wearing opaque goggles and the same distance wearing ordinary goggles. The mean deviation distance was 0.775 m. The correlation between deviation distance and best time over 50 metres was R = 0.95 [P < 0.01], suggesting that the test is a valid predictor for asymmetric forces. The results revealed that there were hidden forces causing a loss of energy and efficiency