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Lower-Limb Flexibility Profile Analysis in Youth Competitive Inline Hockey Players

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  • Antonio Cejudo

    (Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Víctor Jesús Moreno-Alcaraz

    (Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Mark De Ste Croix

    (Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    Exercise and Sport Research Centre, School of Sport and Exercise, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester GL2 9HW, UK)

  • Fernando Santonja-Medina

    (Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    Department of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Pilar Sainz de Baranda

    (Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

Abstract

During puberty, the growth of the bones is faster than that of the muscles, which may result in muscular tightness. Muscular tightness and asymmetry have been associated with an increase in injury incidence. The assessment of a joint range of motion (ROM) could help to identify athletes classified as high injury risk. The objectives of the present study were to describe the lower-extremity flexibility profile (LEFP) of youth competitive inline hockey players using the ROM-SPORT battery (I) and to identify muscular tightness and asymmetry (II). Seventy-four young players were examined for maximum passive ankle, knee, and hip ROMs. Muscle asymmetry or tightness was classified according to cutoff scores previously described. The LEFP of the 74 players was 10.8° for hip extension, 26° for hip adduction, 33.6° for ankle dorsiflexion, 38.6° for ankle dorsiflexion with knee flexed, 36.7° for hip abduction, 46° for hip internal rotation, 60.6° for hip external rotation, 65.1° for hip abduction with the hip flexed, 66.3° for hip flexion with the knee extended, 119.7° for knee flexion, and 133.7° for hip flexion. The individual analysis of the flexibility values identified tightness in all players for one or more movement, except for hip abduction. A low prevalence of asymmetries was observed (range: 5.4% to 17.6% of players) depending on the ROM.

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  • Antonio Cejudo & Víctor Jesús Moreno-Alcaraz & Mark De Ste Croix & Fernando Santonja-Medina & Pilar Sainz de Baranda, 2020. "Lower-Limb Flexibility Profile Analysis in Youth Competitive Inline Hockey Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:12:p:4338-:d:372797
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    1. Antonio Cejudo & Víctor Jesús Moreno-Alcaraz & Riccardo Izzo & Francisco Javier Robles-Palazón & Pilar Sainz de Baranda & Fernando Santonja-Medina, 2020. "Flexibility in Spanish Elite Inline Hockey Players: Profile, Sex, Tightness and Asymmetry," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-14, May.
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    1. Antonio Cejudo, 2021. "Lower Extremity Flexibility Profile in Basketball Players: Gender Differences and Injury Risk Identification," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-12, November.
    2. Antonio Cejudo, 2022. "Description of ROM-SPORT I Battery: Keys to Assess Lower Limb Flexibility," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-19, August.
    3. Antonio Cejudo & Pilar Sainz de Baranda & Francisco Ayala & Mark De Ste Croix & Fernando Santonja-Medina, 2020. "Assessment of the Range of Movement of the Lower Limb in Sport: Advantages of the ROM-SPORT I Battery," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-26, October.

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