Artículo
Children’s improvement of a motor response during backward falls through the implementation of a safe fall program
Autor/es | Castillo Andrés, Óscar del
Castañeda Vázquez, Carolina Toronjo Hornillo, L. Rodríguez López, Manuel Campos Mesa, María del Carmen |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Educación Física y Deporte Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación |
Fecha de publicación | 2018 |
Fecha de depósito | 2019-03-12 |
Resumen | The World Health Organization has warned that, in children, the second cause of death from unintentional injuries are falls. The objective of this study was to analyze the motor response of primary schoolchildren when a ... The World Health Organization has warned that, in children, the second cause of death from unintentional injuries are falls. The objective of this study was to analyze the motor response of primary schoolchildren when a backwards fall occurs. These analyses occurred before and after interventions of the Safe Fall program, which aims to teach safe and protected ways of backward falling. A quasi-experimental research design was used, with a sample of 122 Spanish (Sevillian) schoolchildren in the 10–12 age bracket. The INFOSECA ad-hoc observation scale was used for data collection: this scale registers 5 essential physical reactions throughout the process of a safe and protected backwards fall. After that, a number of descriptive, correlational and contrast statistics were applied. The value used in the McNemar test to establish statistical significance was p < 0.05. Results showed that over 85% of students had developed the competence to correctly perform all five physical motions that allow for a safer backward fall. The teaching of safe and protected techniques for falling backwards in child population in Primary Education is possible through the implementation of the Safe Fall program in Physical Education classes, which can help making falls safer, diminishing the risk and severity of the injuries they cause. |
Cita | Castillo Andrés, Ó.d., Castañeda Vázquez, C., Toronjo Hornillo, L., Rodríguez López, M. y Campos Mesa, M.d.C. (2018). Children’s improvement of a motor response during backward falls through the implementation of a safe fall program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (12), 1-9. |
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