Prediction of Trunk Injuries from Core Stability Testing in Collegiate Athletes
| Autor: | Ivo Milic-Strkalj, Brian J. Sennett, Marisa Pontillo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
biology Athletes business.industry Core stability Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Standard score Logistic regression biology.organism_classification Trunk Physical medicine and rehabilitation Cohort Mann–Whitney U test medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine business Center of pressure (fluid mechanics) |
| Zdroj: | Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 37:338-342 |
| ISSN: | 0949-328X |
| Popis: | Summary Background Although optimizing core stability is theorized to reduce injury risk for the spine and extremities, there is currently little evidence supporting if any core stability tests predict trunk injuries. The purpose of this study was to assess if biomechanical variables attained from core stability testing could be used to identify athletes who will later sustain a trunk injury. Methods 496 healthy Division I athletes (158 females) were tested at one of 2 testing sessions. Core stability testing consisted of a blindfolded single arm plank, performed on a force plate system, with commercially available software. Subjects performed two, 20 second trials for each upper extremity. Center of pressure data was quantified by velocity and frequency of motion and converted to T score. Injuries were considered for the study if they occurred no more than 180 days after testing, were non-traumatic in nature, and affected the lumbar spine, abdominal, or thoracic spine structures. 18 trunk injuries were identified. Data was averaged across the trials for each extremity. Mann-Whitney U was used to assess if differences existed between groups. Binary logistic regression was used to see if the force plate variables could be used to predict injury. P was set to 0.10. Results Mean T scores (SDs) for the uninjured group were 43.7(10.6) and 43.5 (10.7) for left/right, respectively; for the injured group, 36.9(8.7) and 40.7(7.3), respectively. Mann Whitney U showed significant differences between the trunk injury and healthy groups for both the left and right side (P Conclusion Athletes who later sustained a trunk injury demonstrated poorer core stability versus the uninjured cohort. The injured group also had greater asymmetry in core stability measures when compared to the uninjured group. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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