effect of puberty on effectiveness of corrective exercise on school girls

ABSTRACT

An investigation of puberty on corrective exercise effectiveness on school girls. 64 lumbar lordotic school girls were included [10 and 17 years old] that randomly divided into two groups experimental [32 persons] and control [32 persons]. The experimental groups performed corrective exercise for 8 weeks. Lumbar curved was measured by flexible ruler. Two way ANOVA test was applied on the data. The corrective exercise reduced lumbar curve of prepuberal and pubertal girls [p<0.05]. Corrective exercises had significant effect on increased lumbar lordosis specially after puberty