Clinical characteristics in U19 elite soccer players, implications on injury prevention
Autor/a
Llurda-Almuzara, Luis
Pérez Bellmunt, Albert
Aiguadé Aiguadé, Ramón
Casasayas Cos, Oriol
Navarro Uribe, Raúl
Simon, Mathias
Peillon, Olivier
Ortiz Miguel, Sara
Fecha de publicación
2019ISSN
2332-7839
Resumen
Background: Young soccer players’ injuries are receiving increased interest. The need of adopting injury prevention strategies to reduce financial, social and sport costs is obligated. The main purpose of this study is to analyse clinical characteristics of young soccer players in order to develop specific and effective injury prevention programs. Methods: This observational, transversal study includes 25 young soccer players from Spanish National League. Strength, motor control, flexibility and range of motion characteristics were analysed before the first preseason training. Results: Statistically significant differences were found for hip internal rotation (p value = 0.001), Thomas test (p value = 0.012) and ankle dorsiflexion test (p value = 0.009) between both sides. Dorsiflexion test showed a positive correlation with the hip internal rotation ROM (p < 0.016) and with the triple hop test (p < 0.007). The hip internal rotation ROM showed a positive correlation with the Thomas test (p < 0.033) and with the single leg squat test (p < 0.008). The drop jump test showed a positive correlation with the single leg squat test (p < 0.039). Conclusions: Clinical characteristics shown in this study should be taken into account in order to develop specific injury prevention for this specific population. Moreover, data shown in this study can be used as norm values for young soccer semi-professional players in future researches.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión aceptada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
61 - Medicina
Palabras clave
Esports
Sports
Deportes
Futbol
Soccer
Fútbol
Medicina preventiva
Medicine, Preventive
Páginas
10
Publicado por
David Publishing
Colección
7;
Publicado en
Journal of Sports Science
Citación
Llurda-Almuzara, Luis; Pérez-Bellmunt, Albert; López-de-Celis, Carlos; Aiguadé, Ramón; Casasayas Cos, Oriol; Navarro, Raul; Simon, Mathias; Ortiz-Miguel, Sara. «Clinical characteristics in U19 elite soccer players, implications on injury prevention». Journal of Sports Science, 2019, vol. 7, p. 6-15. Disponible en: <http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=39932.html>. Fecha de acceso: 22 jul. 2019. https://doi.org/10.17265/2332-7839/2019.01.002
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