| Titre : | Eccentric knee flexor strength profiles of 341 elite male academy and senior Gaelic football players : Do body mass and previous hamstring injury impact performance? (2018) |
| Auteurs : | Mark Roe ; Shane Malone ; Eamonn Delahunt ; et al. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Physical therapy in sport (Vol. 31, May 2018) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 68-74 |
| Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.01.006 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés: | Eccentric hamstring strengthGaelic footballNormative values |
| Résumé : |
Objective Report eccentric knee flexor strength values of elite Gaelic football players from underage to adult level whilst examining the influence of body mass and previous hamstring injury. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Team's training facility. Participants Elite Gaelic football players (n = 341) from under 14 years to senior age-grades were recruited from twelve teams. Main outcome measures Absolute (N) and relative (N·kg−1) eccentric hamstring strength as well as corresponding between-limb imbalances (%) were calculated for all players. Results Mean maximum force was 329.4N (95% CI 319.5–340.2) per limb. No statistically significant differences were observed in relative force values (4.4 N ·kg−1, 95% CI 4.2–4.5) between age-groups. Body mass had moderate-to-large and weak associations with maximum force in youth (r = 0.597) and adult (r =0 .159) players, respectively. Overall 40% (95 CI 31.4–48.7) presented with a maximum strength between-limb imbalance >10%. Players with a hamstring injury had greater relative maximum force (9.3%, 95% CI 7.0–11.8; p > 0.05) and a 28% (95% CI 10.0–38.0) higher prevalence of between-limb imbalances ≥15% compared to their uninjured counterparts. Conclusions Overlapping strength profiles across age-groups, combined with greater strength in previously injured players, suggests difficulties for establishing cut-off thresholds associated with hamstring injury risk. |
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