Faculty of Sport Science, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Turkey.
Biomed Res Int. 2022 Apr 30;2022:7525262. doi: 10.1155/2022/7525262. eCollection 2022.
Athletes, who display less lateralization, are considered to be more successful in their sports. Therefore, it is important to test the lateralization profiles of the athletes to determine future prospects. Soccer is one of the sports where lateralization plays an important role because performing the passes and kicks with either foot may increase the success rate. Improved lower limb coordination is also very essential to perform the soccer skills more efficiently. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the motor lateralization profiles of youth soccer players and to compare the same lateralization to non-athletes. A total of 28 healthy youth (14 soccer players) aged between 14 and 16 years voluntarily participated in this study. All participants were right-footed and were asked to hit the targets with their either foot maintaining accuracy in a custom-made virtual reality interface. Final position error (FPE) and foot path deviation from linearity (FPDL) were calculated to test motor lateralization for each foot and group. Two-way Mixed Model ANOVA was conducted for each dependent variable. Results indicated significant differences for FPDL between groups, while there were no significant differences between groups and within feet for FPE. Nonathletes had significantly higher FPDL with their nondominant foot compared to their dominant foot, which was not observed among soccer players. Overall, nonathletes' movements were more curvature path compared to soccer players, thus, can be considered as less coordinated. As soccer players did not show a difference between their feet on FPDL and performed better than nonathletes, soccer participation can improve lower limb coordination as well as alter motor performance and lateralization.
运动表现较少侧化的运动员被认为在运动中更为成功。因此，测试运动员的侧化特征以确定未来的发展前景很重要。足球是侧化作用非常重要的运动之一，因为用任何一只脚传球和射门都可以提高成功率。提高下肢协调性对于更有效地执行足球技能也非常重要。因此，本研究的目的是调查青年足球运动员的运动侧化特征，并将相同的侧化与非运动员进行比较。共有 28 名健康的青年（14 名足球运动员）自愿参加了这项研究。所有参与者都是右脚球员，要求他们用非惯用脚击中目标，同时保持在定制虚拟现实界面中的准确性。为了测试每只脚和每组的运动侧化，计算了最终位置误差（FPE）和脚轨迹偏离直线的偏差（FPDL）。对每个因变量进行了双向混合模型方差分析。结果表明，FPDL 在组间存在显著差异，而 FPE 在组间和脚内均无显著差异。非运动员的非主导脚的 FPDL 明显高于主导脚，而足球运动员则没有观察到这种情况。总体而言，与足球运动员相比，非运动员的运动轨迹更为弯曲，因此可以被认为是协调性较差。由于足球运动员在 FPDL 上双脚之间没有差异，且表现优于非运动员，因此，足球运动既可以改善下肢协调性，又可以改变运动表现和侧化。
