Abstract

In the case of children, they mostly show the pattern of compensative motion and if this pattern is repeated continuously, it is more likely to be the cause of the injury which will appear when they are grown up. Therefore this study analysed the effects on the body composition and FMS(Functional Movement Screen) score by conducting the long term integration exercise program for the children whose bodies are left-right imbalanced. After exerting imbalanced body examination among healthy elementary students between 7-13 years old, 52 left-right imbalanced children were selected for the study. The study measured body composition(weight, the amount of muscle, BMI, body fat) and FMS. The exercise program was conducted for 60 min. 2 times per week for 12 months. In the fourth week, behavior modification for the subjects was conducted along with parent education. The program had 3 steps - 10 min. exercise as preparation, 30~40 min. exercise with equipment as main, 1 min. stretch as finishing. The exercise intensity was 11~13 rate of perceived exertion(RPE). The result of the study suggested that weight of the body composition was significantly increased from 32.45±4.17 (before exercise) to 36.57±3.37 (after exercise), and the amount of muscle was also significantly increased from 12.45±2.23 (before exercise) to 13.85±4.27 (after exercise). However, there were no significant differences in body fat and BMI. In FMS examination, deep squat was increased from 1.23±.43 to 2.04±.63, hurdle step from 1.13±.35 to 1.73±.57, Inline lunge from 1.13±.35 to 1.73±.60, active straight-leg raise from 1.12±.32 to 1.83±.58, trunk stability push-up from 1.63±.66 to 2.17±.71, rotary stability from 1.42±.50 to 2.33±.65, and total score was increased from 9.21±1.63 to 13.70±2.83. Each was significantly increased(p.001) after exercise compared to before exercise, and shoulder mobility reaching was also significantly(p.01) increased from .54±.67 to 1.87±.74. In conclusion, the positive change in body composition can be helpful to the prevention of child obesity, and according to the measurement of FMS score, long term integration exercise program in this study can predict the information of the possibility of the potential injury, which can be a helpful scale that will minimize the possibility of injury in daily activities.

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