2022 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 205-210
[Purpose] This study investigated the effectiveness of an intervention using a spine mat by measuring the spinal alignment and comparing performances of field tests before and after the intervention. [Participants and Methods] The participants were 110 high school baseball players. A spine mat was inserted for 3 minutes under the thoracic spine of the participants in a supine position. Before and after this intervention, the thoracic kyphosis angle, lumbar lordosis angle, and sacral slope were measured using a spinal mouse, and field tests (30 m sprint, vertical jump, standing long jump, and side steps) were conducted. [Results] After the intervention, significant differences were observed in spinal alignment, and vertical jump, standing long jump and side steps performance significantly improved. [Conclusion] The results of this study suggest that the spine mat intervention was useful for improving the spinal alignment, and for raising performance of vertical jump, standing long jump, and side steps.
