AVALIAÇÃO DA FLEXIBILIDADE E ANÁLISE POSTURAL EM ATLETAS DE GINÁSTICA RÍTMICA DESPORTIVA FLEXIBILIDADE E POSTURA NA GINÁSTICA RÍTMICA.

The aim of this study was to analyze the flexibility and postural alterations of rhythmic gymnasts. Nineteen non-professional athletes of GR were submitted to: postural analysis, take the references points by Kendall et al. (1995); evaluation of the active flexibility, considering Marques (1997); and muscular length, proposed by Kendall et al. (1995). The main postural alterations were lumbar hyperlordosis (84.2%), pelvic anteversion (84.2%), knee hyperextension (63.1%) and scoliosis (21%). The high muscular length was observed in the maximum pectoral (94.6%) and ischiotibials muscles (97.3%). The amplitude movement level was considered above of the normal for the age group. In spite of the time of training is not homogeneous, it had been found postural alterations and joint hyperflexibility in a similar way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]