Stuelcken Max C, Ginn Karen A, Sinclair Peter J
Discipline of Exercise and Sports Science, University of Sydney, P.O. Box 170, Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia.
Phys Ther Sport. 2008 May;9(2):82-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2008.02.002. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
To determine the career history of low back pain (LBP) in current elite female cricket fast bowlers and then compare measures of lumbar spine and hip range of motion (ROM) and trunk extensor endurance between those bowlers with and without a history of LBP. Measures for the female bowlers were also compared to a small sample of male fast bowlers.
Twenty-six elite female fast bowlers and eight male fast bowlers of similar age and bowling experience.
The career history of LBP was determined by a self-administered questionnaire and by accessing medical records. Range of motion measures for the lumbar spine and hips were obtained using inclinometry or goniometry. Trunk extensor endurance was assessed using a modified Sorensen test.
Fourteen female fast bowlers had a history of LBP. There was a significant difference in lumbar lateral flexion ROM to the bowling arm side between those female fast bowlers with and without a history of LBP (p < or = 0.05). The female fast bowlers had significantly more bilateral hip extension ROM (p < or = 0.05) compared to the male fast bowlers.
This information should be useful for practitioners involved in the conditioning and rehabilitation of cricketers. Future prospective studies should investigate potential predictors of LBP in female fast bowlers.
确定当前精英女子板球快速投球手的腰痛（LBP）职业病史，然后比较有和没有LBP病史的投球手之间的腰椎和髋关节活动范围（ROM）以及躯干伸肌耐力的测量值。还将女性投球手的测量值与一小部分男性快速投球手进行比较。
26名精英女子快速投球手和8名年龄及投球经验相似的男性快速投球手。
通过自我管理问卷和查阅病历确定LBP职业病史。使用倾角计或测角计获得腰椎和髋关节的活动范围测量值。使用改良的索伦森试验评估躯干伸肌耐力。
14名女子快速投球手有LBP病史。有和没有LBP病史的女子快速投球手在向投球手臂侧的腰椎侧屈ROM方面存在显著差异（p≤0.05）。与男性快速投球手相比，女子快速投球手的双侧髋关节伸展ROM明显更大（p≤0.05）。
这些信息对参与板球运动员体能训练和康复的从业者应该是有用的。未来的前瞻性研究应调查女子快速投球手中LBP的潜在预测因素。
