Athletic Training Education Program, Sports Medicine Assessment, Research & Testing (SMART) Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA,USA.
Athletic Training Program, Department of Kinesiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH,USA.
J Sport Rehabil. 2022 Jul 13;32(1):9-13. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2021-0396. Print 2023 Jan 1.
Limited evidence exists to demonstrate the effect of extrinsic factors, such as footwear worn or the testing environment, on performance of the modified balance error scoring system (mBESS) in the middle school age (10-14 y) population. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to investigate the effect of footwear types and testing environments on performance of the mBESS by middle school athletes.
Cross-sectional.
In total, 2667 middle school athletes (55.9% boys and 44.1% girls; age = 12.3 [0.94] y) were administered the mBESS while wearing their self-selected footwear (barefoot, cleats, or shoes) either indoors (basketball court) or outdoors (football field or track). The number of errors committed (range = 0-10) during the double-leg, single-leg, and tandem stances of the mBESS were summed to calculate a total score (range = 0-30). Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to assess for differences among the footwear groups for each mBESS stance and the total score. Mann-Whitney U tests with calculated nonparametric effect sizes (r) were used to assess for differences between the footwear groups and testing environments when appropriate.
There were significant differences for the number of committed errors among the footwear groups in the single-leg (P < .001) and tandem (P < .001) stances of the mBESS and mBESS total scores (P < .001). Significantly fewer errors (better) were committed while wearing shoes compared with other footwear in the single-leg and tandem stances of the mBESS (Ps ≤ .032, r = .07-.13). Participants assessed indoors committed significantly fewer errors than those assessed outdoors in each stance of the mBESS (Ps ≤ .022, r = .04-.14). Lower (better) mBESS total scores were observed for participants while wearing shoes (Ps ≤ .002, r = .10-.15) or assessed indoors (P = .001, r = .14).
Although our data suggest that the type of footwear worn and the testing environment have a significant effect on mBESS scores of middle school athletes, the magnitudes of these differences are negligible.
目前,仅有有限的证据表明,鞋类的选择或测试环境等外在因素会对 10-14 岁青少年使用改良平衡错误评分系统(mBESS)的表现产生影响。因此,本研究旨在调查中学生运动员在穿着不同类型的鞋子和在不同环境中进行测试时,mBESS 的表现会受到何种影响。
横断面研究。
共有 2667 名中学生运动员(55.9%为男生,44.1%为女生;年龄=12.3[0.94]岁)穿着自己选择的鞋子(赤脚、钉鞋或运动鞋),分别在室内(篮球场)或室外(足球场或田径场)进行 mBESS 测试。在 mBESS 的双腿、单腿和并足站立测试中,记录运动员的错误次数(范围为 0-10),并将每个测试的错误次数相加得到总分(范围为 0-30)。使用 Kruskal-Wallis 检验评估不同鞋子组在 mBESS 各测试姿势和总分上的差异。当适用时,使用 Mann-Whitney U 检验和计算的非参数效应量(r)评估鞋子组和测试环境之间的差异。
在 mBESS 的单腿和并足站立测试中,以及 mBESS 总分上,鞋子组之间的错误次数存在显著差异(P<.001)。与其他鞋子相比,穿运动鞋时在单腿和并足站立测试中的错误次数(更好)明显减少(P<.001,r=.07-.13)。在每个测试姿势中,室内测试的参与者比室外测试的参与者错误次数(更好)明显减少(P<.022,r=.04-.14)。参与者穿运动鞋(P<.002,r=.10-.15)或在室内测试(P=.001,r=.14)时,mBESS 总分较低(更好)。
尽管我们的数据表明,鞋子的类型和测试环境对中学生运动员的 mBESS 评分有显著影响,但这些差异的幅度可以忽略不计。