Relationships among lateral medicine ball throw test performance, HIP and trunk muscle strength, and lower limb kinematics: A cross-sectional study.

Autor: Guirelli AR; Postgraduate Physiotherapy Program UFTM/UFU, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Minas Gerais, Brazil., Chaves TC; Postgraduate Physiotherapy Program, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Paulo, Brazil., Dos Santos JM; Physiotherapy Course, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Minas Gerais, Brazil., Cabral EMG; Physiotherapy Course, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Minas Gerais, Brazil., Lobato DFM; Post Graduate Program UFTM/UFU, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba-MG, Brazil., Felicio LR; Postgraduate Physiotherapy Program UFTM/UFU, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: lilianrf@ufu.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of bodywork and movement therapies [J Bodyw Mov Ther] 2024 Jul; Vol. 39, pp. 505-511. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.03.023
Abstrakt: Introduction: The lateral medicine ball throw (LMBT) test is used to evaluate the throwing action, involving the entire kinetic chain and the principle of force transfer, with association between the strength of the lower limb and trunk muscles and the lower limb kinematics. The LMBT to investigate the association between lower limb kinematics and hip and trunk muscle strength.
Experimental: This was a cross-sectional study with 84 healthy and physically active young people. Determinations were made of the maximum isometric strengths of the hip abductor, lateral rotator, extensor, and flexor muscles, and the trunk lateral flexors and extensors. Kinematic analyses (2D) of the hip, knee, and ankle in the sagittal and frontal planes were performed during the countermovement phase of the LMBT, together with quantification of LMBT. Statistical analysis of the associations employed multiple linear regression, with α = 5%.
Results: There were significant associations between the LMBT and the independent variables hip extensors strength, trunk flexors strength, valgus angle, and knee flexion angle and gender. The regression model presented adjusted R 2  = 0.622.
Conclusions: LMBT was influenced by the trunk flexor and hip extensor muscle strengths, knee flexion kinematics, lower limb valgus in the countermovement phase, and gender.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest There are no known conflicts of interest associated with this paper.
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