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Postural Stability in Athletes: The Role of Age, Sex, Performance Level, and Athlete Shoe Features

The effects of different factors—such as age, sex, performance level, and athletic shoe features—on postural balance in athletes remain unclear. The main objective of our study is to identify the features of postural stability in athletes of different age, sex, performance level, and using different...

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Autores principales: Andreeva, Albina, Melnikov, Andrey, Skvortsov, Dmitry, Akhmerova, Kadriya, Vavaev, Alexander, Golov, Andrey, Draugelite, Viktorya, Nikolaev, Roman, Chechelnickaia, Serafima, Zhuk, Daria, Bayerbakh, Alexandra, Nikulin, Vladislav, Zemková, Erika
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32560335
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports8060089
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author Andreeva, Albina
Melnikov, Andrey
Skvortsov, Dmitry
Akhmerova, Kadriya
Vavaev, Alexander
Golov, Andrey
Draugelite, Viktorya
Nikolaev, Roman
Chechelnickaia, Serafima
Zhuk, Daria
Bayerbakh, Alexandra
Nikulin, Vladislav
Zemková, Erika
author_facet Andreeva, Albina
Melnikov, Andrey
Skvortsov, Dmitry
Akhmerova, Kadriya
Vavaev, Alexander
Golov, Andrey
Draugelite, Viktorya
Nikolaev, Roman
Chechelnickaia, Serafima
Zhuk, Daria
Bayerbakh, Alexandra
Nikulin, Vladislav
Zemková, Erika
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description The effects of different factors—such as age, sex, performance level, and athletic shoe features—on postural balance in athletes remain unclear. The main objective of our study is to identify the features of postural stability in athletes of different age, sex, performance level, and using different types of athletic shoes. This study assessed postural stability in athletes (n = 936, 6–47 years) in a normal bipedal stance with eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC). Postural stability was evaluated based on the center of pressure (COP), sway area (AS), and velocity (VCP) while standing on a stabiloplatform. Children (6–12 years) and teen athletes (13–17 years) showed reduced AS-EO (p < 0.01) and VCP-EO (p < 0.01) compared to control (n = 225, 7–30 years). In male and female athletes aged 18+, only VCP-EC was lower versus control. In females (13–17 and 18+), VCP-EO and EC were lower than in males (p < 0.05). Only in the Shooting group, the athletes’ performance levels had an effect on VCP-EO (p = 0.020). Long use of rigid athletic shoes with stiff ankle support was associated with reduced posture stability. Postural stability in athletes was mostly influenced by the athlete‘s age, and, to a lesser extent, by their sex, performance level, and athlete shoe features.
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spelling pubmed-73536492020-07-21 Postural Stability in Athletes: The Role of Age, Sex, Performance Level, and Athlete Shoe Features Andreeva, Albina Melnikov, Andrey Skvortsov, Dmitry Akhmerova, Kadriya Vavaev, Alexander Golov, Andrey Draugelite, Viktorya Nikolaev, Roman Chechelnickaia, Serafima Zhuk, Daria Bayerbakh, Alexandra Nikulin, Vladislav Zemková, Erika Sports (Basel) Article The effects of different factors—such as age, sex, performance level, and athletic shoe features—on postural balance in athletes remain unclear. The main objective of our study is to identify the features of postural stability in athletes of different age, sex, performance level, and using different types of athletic shoes. This study assessed postural stability in athletes (n = 936, 6–47 years) in a normal bipedal stance with eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC). Postural stability was evaluated based on the center of pressure (COP), sway area (AS), and velocity (VCP) while standing on a stabiloplatform. Children (6–12 years) and teen athletes (13–17 years) showed reduced AS-EO (p < 0.01) and VCP-EO (p < 0.01) compared to control (n = 225, 7–30 years). In male and female athletes aged 18+, only VCP-EC was lower versus control. In females (13–17 and 18+), VCP-EO and EC were lower than in males (p < 0.05). Only in the Shooting group, the athletes’ performance levels had an effect on VCP-EO (p = 0.020). Long use of rigid athletic shoes with stiff ankle support was associated with reduced posture stability. Postural stability in athletes was mostly influenced by the athlete‘s age, and, to a lesser extent, by their sex, performance level, and athlete shoe features. MDPI 2020-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7353649/ /pubmed/32560335 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports8060089 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Andreeva, Albina
Melnikov, Andrey
Skvortsov, Dmitry
Akhmerova, Kadriya
Vavaev, Alexander
Golov, Andrey
Draugelite, Viktorya
Nikolaev, Roman
Chechelnickaia, Serafima
Zhuk, Daria
Bayerbakh, Alexandra
Nikulin, Vladislav
Zemková, Erika
Postural Stability in Athletes: The Role of Age, Sex, Performance Level, and Athlete Shoe Features
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title_sort postural stability in athletes: the role of age, sex, performance level, and athlete shoe features
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32560335
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports8060089
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