Sex differences in pre-season anthropometric, balance and range-of-motion characteristics in elite youth soccer players
Author
Labata-Lezaun, Noé
Moran, Jason
Clark, Nicholas C.
Publication date
2022ISSN
2227-9032
Abstract
In soccer, injury epidemiology differs between males and females. It is clinically useful to know whether there are between-sex differences in selected characteristics relevant to primary injury risk and injury prevention practices. The purpose of this study was to explore between-sex differences in anthropometric, balance, and range-of-motion characteristics in Spanish elite male and female youth soccer players. This was a pre-season cross-sectional study. Sixty-nine males (age 16.8 ± 0.9 yr; height 175.9 ± 6.8 cm; mass 67.9 ± 6.3 kg) and thirty-seven females (age 17.2 ± 1.7 yr; height 164.0 ± 6.3 cm; mass 59.0 ± 5.8 kg) participated. Anthropometrics (standing/sitting height, bodymass, right/left leg length) and right/left anterior reach test (ART), hip internal/external active range of motion, active knee extension (AKE), and weightbearing lunge test (WBLT) were measured. Between-sex differences were assessed with Bonferroni-corrected Mann–Whitney U tests and Cliff’s delta (d). Between-sex significant differences (p < 0.003, d ≥ 0.50) were observed for anthropometric data and for hip internal rotation. No between-sex significant differences were observed for ART/AKE/WBLT measures. Between-sex significant differences with large effect sizes were identified for anthropometric data and right/left hip internal rotation. The present study adds new data to the literature for young Spanish male and female soccer players. The present findings will help inform clinical reasoning processes and future injury prevention research for elite male and female youth soccer players.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
616.7 - Pathology of the organs of locomotion. Skeletal and locomotor systems
Keywords
Joventut
Futbol
Genoll
Turmell
Lesió
Prevenció
Projecció
Antropomètric
Equilibri
Flexibilitat
Juventud
Fútbol
Rodilla
Tobillo
Lesión
Prevención
Poner en pantalla
Antropométrico
Balance
Flexibilidad
Youth
Soccer
Knee
Ankle
Injury
Prevention
Screening
Anthropometric
Balance
Flexibility
Pages
13
Publisher
MDPI
Collection
10;5
Is part of
Healthcare
Citation
Llurda Almuzara, Luis; Pérez-Bellmunt, Albert; Labata-Lezaun, Noé [et al.]. Sex differences in pre-season anthropometric, balance and range-of-motion characteristics in elite youth soccer players. Healthcare, 2022, 10(5), 819. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/5/819>. Fecha de acceso: 27 oct. 2022. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10050819
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