Does decrease in hip range of motion interfere in frontal plane leg alignment in teenage soccer players?

Autor: Jacqueline Vieira de Castro, João Luiz Ellera Gomes, Kelly Scaramussa
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 28:477-483
ISSN: 1432-1068
1633-8065
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-017-2066-x
Popis: This study determines cross-sectional changes in transverse plane hip range of motion (ROM) in teenager soccer athletes and non-athletes and correlates these measures with changes in frontal plane leg alignment (varus–valgus alignment). This was a comparative cross-sectional study with non-random convenience sampling. Participants were recruited from a major professional soccer club and two local state-run schools in southern Brazil. A total of 396 male participants aged 9–18 years were assessed, 183 soccer players (athlete group; mean age, 13.3 ± 2.7 years) and 213 students (non-athlete group; mean age 14.4 ± 2.5 years). Hip internal rotation (IR) and external rotation (ER) and frontal plane leg alignment were measured in all participants. Changes in transverse plane hip ROM and frontal plane leg alignment were determined. Mean IR was 20.7° ± 5.8° in athletes versus 32.8° ± 2.9° in non-athletes, and mean ER was 36.5° ± 7.4° in athletes versus 46.7° ± 4.8° in non-athletes. Overall, IR was decreased in the athlete group compared to the non-athlete group (P
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