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Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan

The yips are a set of conditions associated with intermittent motor disturbances that affect precision movement, especially in sports. Specifically, skilled golfers suffer from the yips, although its clinical characteristics and pathophysiology have not been well-studied. We surveyed skilled golfers...

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Autores principales: Gon, Yasufumi, Kabata, Daijiro, Kawamura, Sadahito, Mihara, Masahito, Shintani, Ayumi, Nakata, Ken, Mochizuki, Hideki
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34064261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports9060071
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author Gon, Yasufumi
Kabata, Daijiro
Kawamura, Sadahito
Mihara, Masahito
Shintani, Ayumi
Nakata, Ken
Mochizuki, Hideki
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Kabata, Daijiro
Kawamura, Sadahito
Mihara, Masahito
Shintani, Ayumi
Nakata, Ken
Mochizuki, Hideki
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description The yips are a set of conditions associated with intermittent motor disturbances that affect precision movement, especially in sports. Specifically, skilled golfers suffer from the yips, although its clinical characteristics and pathophysiology have not been well-studied. We surveyed skilled golfers to characterize their yips-related symptoms, to explore potential confounding factors associated with the yips. Golfers’ demographic information, golfing-career-related history, musculoskeletal status and manifestations of the yips are surveyed. Among the 1576 questionnaires distributed, 1457 (92%) responses were received, of which 39% of golfers had experienced the yips. The median age and golfing careers were 48 and 28 years, respectively. Golfers who had experienced the yips were older and had longer golfing careers and more frequent musculoskeletal problems than those without experience of the yips. The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that a longer golfing career and musculoskeletal problems were independent factors associated with yips experience. More severe musculoskeletal problems were associated with higher odds of experiencing the yips. A positive association between the yips and musculoskeletal problems was also observed. The yips have similar characteristics to task-specific movement disorders, with a detrimental effect caused by excessive repetition of a routine task. These findings support the notion that the yips are a type of task-specific dystonia.
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spelling pubmed-82243952021-06-25 Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan Gon, Yasufumi Kabata, Daijiro Kawamura, Sadahito Mihara, Masahito Shintani, Ayumi Nakata, Ken Mochizuki, Hideki Sports (Basel) Article The yips are a set of conditions associated with intermittent motor disturbances that affect precision movement, especially in sports. Specifically, skilled golfers suffer from the yips, although its clinical characteristics and pathophysiology have not been well-studied. We surveyed skilled golfers to characterize their yips-related symptoms, to explore potential confounding factors associated with the yips. Golfers’ demographic information, golfing-career-related history, musculoskeletal status and manifestations of the yips are surveyed. Among the 1576 questionnaires distributed, 1457 (92%) responses were received, of which 39% of golfers had experienced the yips. The median age and golfing careers were 48 and 28 years, respectively. Golfers who had experienced the yips were older and had longer golfing careers and more frequent musculoskeletal problems than those without experience of the yips. The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that a longer golfing career and musculoskeletal problems were independent factors associated with yips experience. More severe musculoskeletal problems were associated with higher odds of experiencing the yips. A positive association between the yips and musculoskeletal problems was also observed. The yips have similar characteristics to task-specific movement disorders, with a detrimental effect caused by excessive repetition of a routine task. These findings support the notion that the yips are a type of task-specific dystonia. MDPI 2021-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8224395/ /pubmed/34064261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports9060071 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gon, Yasufumi
Kabata, Daijiro
Kawamura, Sadahito
Mihara, Masahito
Shintani, Ayumi
Nakata, Ken
Mochizuki, Hideki
Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan
title Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan
title_full Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan
title_fullStr Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan
title_short Association of the Yips and Musculoskeletal Problems in Highly Skilled Golfers: A Large Scale Epidemiological Study in Japan
title_sort association of the yips and musculoskeletal problems in highly skilled golfers: a large scale epidemiological study in japan
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34064261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports9060071
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