Abstract
This research aims to find the characteristics of motor control at the level of body stability in skateboarding athletes from the city of Bogotá through a Romberg test with eyes open and eyes closed. The present study is of a descriptive cross-sectional type and the sample selection for the development of this research was for convenience, for which a direct invitation was performed at different skateboarding clubs in the city and the league skating Bogotá who supports the sport. The sample population corresponds to 30 people with an age between 22.86 +/- 7.88 years. Participants developed Romberg test with a duration of 30 s and under the modalities eyes open and closed on a platform of plantar pressure and stabilometry BTS P-Walk. Significant changes were found in comparison of the open and closed eyes tests in the lateral flexion of the spine (LSF) with p=0.018, body center of gravity with p=0.043, left center of gravity with p=0.018, showing improvements in body stability evaluation with eyes closed. It is evident that skateboarding athletes due to the dynamics and sports development on an unstable base present a high level of stability represented in mediolateral and anteroposterior stability and variability radii close to zero, additionally it is observed that work at eye level closed generates a better sports adaptation from the vestibular and peripheral system for motor control and balance.
Highlights
Skateboarding is a sport that is based on propulsion on a skateboard, which is composed of a high resistance pressed board, axles, bearings, and wheels, which allow the athlete's mobility on it for the development of maneuverability tricks
In 2017, the international Olympic committee decided to include skateboarding as an Olympic discipline and approved its first participation in the Olympic games to be held in Tokyo 2021 [2]
Skateboarding began its Olympic participation in Tokyo 2020, during the Olympic games held in 2021 due to the restrictions given by the COVID-19 pandemic, the biomechanical studies developed in this sport discipline focus on the analysis of forces during take-off and landing
Summary
Skateboarding is a sport that is based on propulsion on a skateboard, which is composed of a high resistance pressed board, axles, bearings, and wheels, which allow the athlete's mobility on it for the development of maneuverability tricks. In 2017, the international Olympic committee decided to include skateboarding as an Olympic discipline and approved its first participation in the Olympic games to be held in Tokyo 2021 [2]. A level Colombia discipline is supported by the Colombian Federation of Skating (FEDEPATIN), and currently has a participation of 134 athletes at the national level to develop participation at professional level. At the amateur level, this figure is higher since cities like Bogotá and neighboring municipalities have 12 district parks for free skateboarding [3]. The development of the sport consists of two modes, street, and park. Street, recreates the elements that exist in an urban cone and there the athletes
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