Class
Article
College
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Department
Kinesiology & Health Sciences
Faculty Mentor
Breanna Studenka
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Our study aimed to investigate whether there is an influence of yoga practice on posture perception and stability, and explored the relationship between postural sway and posture judgments. To conduct this study, two groups were recruited: those with recent yoga experience (2x a week for the past 3 months) and those without. Participants viewed pictures of different postures while standing on a postural plate, and reported how long they believed an individual could hold the posture for. During this, their sway was measured in both the medial-lateral and anterior-posterior directions. Eye-tracking technology was used to track where the participants were looking during the posture-viewing tasks. We then were able to extract visual outputs, pair them with force plate data, and complete annotations to extract the relevant portions of the postural sway data in order to compare between groups during the times they were judging postures.After conducting an ANOVA test, with the two groups and postures as variables, our results showed that both p-values were greater than 0.05. Therefore, our results were not significant. However, we found a correlation of 0.41 between the participants' own postural scores (measured before the study), and their ratings of postural stability for others, indicating that those with better postural scores also had higher ratings of postural stability for others. This suggests that there may be a connection between personal postural abilities and how individuals perceive others' stability.In summary, our study sheds light on the complex relationship between postural sway and posture judgments. While our ANOVA tests were not significant, the correlation between postural scores and ratings of postural stability for others provides important implications for future research in this area.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-11-2023 12:30 PM
End Date
4-11-2023 1:30 PM
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The Influence of Yoga Practice on Posture Perception and Stability
Logan, UT
Our study aimed to investigate whether there is an influence of yoga practice on posture perception and stability, and explored the relationship between postural sway and posture judgments. To conduct this study, two groups were recruited: those with recent yoga experience (2x a week for the past 3 months) and those without. Participants viewed pictures of different postures while standing on a postural plate, and reported how long they believed an individual could hold the posture for. During this, their sway was measured in both the medial-lateral and anterior-posterior directions. Eye-tracking technology was used to track where the participants were looking during the posture-viewing tasks. We then were able to extract visual outputs, pair them with force plate data, and complete annotations to extract the relevant portions of the postural sway data in order to compare between groups during the times they were judging postures.After conducting an ANOVA test, with the two groups and postures as variables, our results showed that both p-values were greater than 0.05. Therefore, our results were not significant. However, we found a correlation of 0.41 between the participants' own postural scores (measured before the study), and their ratings of postural stability for others, indicating that those with better postural scores also had higher ratings of postural stability for others. This suggests that there may be a connection between personal postural abilities and how individuals perceive others' stability.In summary, our study sheds light on the complex relationship between postural sway and posture judgments. While our ANOVA tests were not significant, the correlation between postural scores and ratings of postural stability for others provides important implications for future research in this area.