This study examine the incidence of postural aspects on wellness status and performance of 14 women water polo players of Italian A1 Championship. The research focus in the assessing the 3D detection of the surface of the trunk of the athletes in order to detect the state of their vertebral column to evaluate the incidence of posture in water performance. Object of investigation is the ability of adaption the athletes body in water in order to adjust and compensate the pain effects of pathological curves such as kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis. The "Spinometria Formetric" allows for quick detection of the 3D morphology of the trunk, with extreme accuracy, with a margin of error of less than 0.2 mm, high fast, a few minutes for the entire procedure, and safe for the non-invasiveness. The Formetric check-up provides a series of indicators which allow to obtain a detailed assessment of the subject osture, thus allowing complete clinical examination with quantitative elements. Data collected show that pathological curves observed in athletes may be compensated by other adjustments of the body, produced in vigorous in water exercise and have no effect on the state of wellness nor on the performance, where states of soreness resulting in a lower performance levels have been detected in subjects who had no pathological curves.
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