The "Safe Falls, Safe Schools" multicentre international project: evaluation and analysis of backwards falling ability in Italian secondary schools

Problem statement: Different studies have reported on the epidemiology related to injuries resulting from falls, which are the most common causes of injury in Italy. The World Health Organization considers falls as the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional deaths worldwide. However, it...

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Published in:Journal of Physical Education and Sport 2019-10, Vol.19, p.1871-1877
Main Authors: Luigi, Invernizzi Pietro, Gabriele, Signorini, Giovanni, Michielon, Johnny, Padulo, Raffaele, Scurati
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability tests
Adolescents
Age
Child development
Children & youth
Control Groups
Epidemiology
Falls
Injuries
Learning
Literacy
Motor ability
Physical education
School safety
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Skills
Studies
Trends
Warm up (exercise)
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Summary:Problem statement: Different studies have reported on the epidemiology related to injuries resulting from falls, which are the most common causes of injury in Italy. The World Health Organization considers falls as the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional deaths worldwide. However, it has been demonstrated that the Safe Fall, Safe Schools Programme (SFSSP) based on 10-min warm-up sessions is able to teach techniques for falling backwards in safe way during physical education (PE) classes. Unfortunately, there are no studies that have analysed extensive warm-up and detraining effects related to the age. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess extensive specific warm-up (20 min) and detraining effects after five weeks on the SFSSP on Italian secondary school students according to age. Methods: Eighty-seven secondary school students took part in this investigation. Students were divided into two groups, equally distributed by age. The trial-control group (TC=39) and the control-trial group (CT=48) performed the same PE lesson for 10 weeks. In the first five weeks, two different 20-min warm-up exercises were performed (TC=SFSSP; CT=conventional warm-up); after five weeks, the warm-ups were inverted (TC=conventional warm-up; CT=SFSSP). The backwards falling ability test carried out among both groups was evaluated in relation to the position of the neck, trunk, knees, hips and hands, before and after five and 10 weeks. Results: McNemar's test showed significant differences (between pre- and mid-time points, P0.05) for all variables studied. Significant differences (P
ISSN:2247-8051
2247-806X
DOI:10.7752/jpes.2019.s5277