Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, School of Physical Education, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, School of Physical Education, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Phys Ther Sport. 2021 Jan;47:53-58. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.11.022. Epub 2020 Nov 5.
The objective was to establish normative data for hip strength, flexibility, and stiffness in male soccer athletes and to investigate the effect of age and limb dominance on these variables.
Cross-sectional.
Soccer team physical therapy department.
A total of 293 asymptomatic male soccer athletes were assessed. Elite youth players aged 15-17 years and professional adult players aged 18-29 years old.
Rectus femoris, iliopsoas, hamstring muscle flexibility, passive hip stiffness, and isometric hip strength were measured using a goniometer, inclinometer, and handheld dynamometer, respectively. Descriptive and mixed analyses of variance were used as statistical procedures.
The dominant limb had lower iliopsoas (P = 0.010) and rectus femoris (P = 0.003) flexibility and higher external rotators torque compared to the non-dominant limb (P = 0.006) in both age groups. In adult athletes, the dominant limb had lower hip stiffness than the non-dominant limb (P = 0.002). Adults had higher hip external rotator torque than younger athletes (P < 0.0001). No differences were observed for hamstrings flexibility and hip extensors torque.
This study provided normative data of hip strength, flexibility, and stiffness for youth and adult male soccer athletes. In addition, there were no clinically relevant inter-limb differences.
旨在为男性足球运动员建立髋关节力量、灵活性和僵硬度的正常值，并研究年龄和肢体优势对这些变量的影响。
横断面研究。
足球队物理治疗部门。
共有 293 名无症状男性足球运动员接受了评估。15-17 岁的精英青年球员和 18-29 岁的职业成年球员。
使用量角器、测斜仪和手持测力计分别测量股直肌、髂腰肌、腘绳肌柔韧性、被动髋关节僵硬度和等长髋关节力量。采用描述性和混合方差分析作为统计程序。
在两个年龄组中，优势肢的髂腰肌（P=0.010）和股直肌（P=0.003）灵活性较低，外旋肌扭矩较高（P=0.006），与非优势肢相比。在成年运动员中，优势肢的髋关节僵硬度低于非优势肢（P=0.002）。成年运动员的髋关节外旋肌扭矩高于年轻运动员（P<0.0001）。腘绳肌柔韧性和髋关节伸肌扭矩没有差异。
本研究为青年和成年男性足球运动员提供了髋关节力量、灵活性和僵硬度的正常值。此外，肢体之间没有明显的临床差异。
