%0 Journal Article %T An Investigation of the Effects of Posture Corrective Exercise and Stretch Combination on Flexibility Pain and Depression Score in the Late Adolescence Period %A Merve B£¿LG£¿£¿ %A Tomris DUYMAZ %J - %D 2018 %X Aim: In this study, we investigated the effects of stretching and exercise in late puberty on flexibility, pain and anxiety. Method: 30 people were enrolled in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation department and Ergotherapy department of a foundation university. Beck Depression Scale was used for the anxiety measurements of the participants, McGill Pain Test was used for determining the pain scores; flexibility measurements were made manually by the same physiotherapist. The questionnaires were analyzed by SPSS 21 program. Mann Whitney-U test and Wilcoxon test were used in the analysis. Findings: The mean age of participants was calculated as 19,53¡À1,24 years in the study group of 19,66¡À0,81 years in the control group. In the McGill pain questionnaire, the mean value for the control group was 54.53 after treatment 54.66 before treatment; in the study group, it was 61.46 before treatment and 51.46 after treatment. Beck depression scores were calculated as 11. 00 before treatment and as 10.53 after treatment in the control group as 11. 73 before treatment and as 10.93 after treatment in the study group. Conclusion: There was a significant decrease in pain in the group who made use of exercise and stretching combination for a short time. The changes in the exercise group were minimal compared to the other group. According to these findings we think that it is absolutely necessary to add streching exercise to the sport clock of the high school students and the sports unit %K egzersiz %K post¨¹r %K a£¿r£¿ %K Ergenlik %K depresyon %U http://dergipark.org.tr/igusabder/issue/36402/393855