Características biomecânicas de escolares praticantes e não praticantes de Ballet clássico.

Abstract

Classical ballet can help to gain flexibility, balance and decrease body oscillations, improving functional performance during the student's development. Therefore, the objective of the study was to analyze the biomechanical characteristics related to balance, flexibility and plantar pressure of classical ballet practitioners and non -practitioners. The sample consisted of 23 students, aged between 7 and 10 years, all female from Elementary School I, and were divided into two groups, namely: Group 1 – classical ballet practitioners and Group 2 – non-ballet practitioners classic. An anamnesis form was applied to characterize the sample, and then assessments were made using the baropodometer to verify balance, plantar pressure distribution and the sit and reach test using the wells bank to measure the level of flexibility. The collection was carried out in a Municipal School, which is part of the Associação Belas Artes do Amazonas. For the treatment of data, tabulation in the Excel program was used to organize the data, and after this step, the mean and standard deviation were calculated, the data were checked for normality and Student's t test was used to verify the distinctions between the means of the groups. As a result, the researched groups have a tendency to distribute most of the load in the hindfoot region. As for the type of foot, it was found that most dancers had pes cavus, with the same tendency in the sedentary group. The results between the groups were close in the displacement of the center of pressure and the dancers showed superior flexibility than the sedentary ones. In conclusion, the practice of classical ballet did not significantly influence the biomechanical characteristics evaluated in students who practiced ballet compared to non-practitioners, showing a difference only in terms of flexibility