Dar Gali, Yehiel Alon, Aginsky Kerith, Blayer Yossi, Calé-Benzoor Maya
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3103301, Israel.
The Ribstein Sports Medicine and Research Center, Wingate Institute, Netanya 42902, Israel.
J Clin Med. 2025 Aug 24;14(17):5974. doi: 10.3390/jcm14175974.
: Archery is a technical sport involving repetitive and asymmetrical movements that requires trunk stability to enable good performance of the upper extremities. Being an asymmetrical sport, imbalances between sides might appear in the abdominal and back muscles. To assess trunk muscle function and symmetry in young competitive archers. : Analyzing pre-season screening evaluation tests from medical files. This included an ultrasound examination of back and abdominal muscles (transverse abdominus and internal oblique) during rest and contraction and trunk muscle clinical strength tests. : Data on 15 elite archery athletes (mean age 17.2 (±2.7) years) were included. No athletes reported low back pain. No differences were found between the dominant and non-dominant sides in all outcome measurements (absolute thickness and percentage difference). Internal oblique muscle thickness during rest and contraction for the dominant side was higher in males compared with females ( < 0.05). The back muscles were more symmetrical than the abdominal muscles. : Despite the asymmetrical functional demands of sport archery, young athletes displayed trunk muscle symmetry, particularly in their back muscles. While some variability in abdominal muscle asymmetry was observed, these differences were not statistically significant.
射箭是一项技术性运动，涉及重复性和不对称性动作，需要躯干稳定以保证上肢良好发挥。作为一项不对称运动，腹部和背部肌肉两侧可能会出现不平衡。为评估年轻竞技射箭运动员的躯干肌肉功能和对称性。：分析医疗档案中的季前筛查评估测试。这包括在休息和收缩时对背部和腹部肌肉（腹横肌和腹内斜肌）进行超声检查以及躯干肌肉临床力量测试。：纳入了15名精英射箭运动员的数据（平均年龄17.2（±2.7）岁）。没有运动员报告有腰痛。在所有结果测量（绝对厚度和百分比差异）中，优势侧和非优势侧之间未发现差异。男性优势侧在休息和收缩时腹内斜肌厚度高于女性（<0.05）。背部肌肉比腹部肌肉更对称。：尽管射箭运动有不对称的功能需求，但年轻运动员表现出躯干肌肉对称性，尤其是背部肌肉。虽然观察到腹部肌肉不对称存在一些变异性，但这些差异无统计学意义。
