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Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study
Sports injuries can affect the performance of athletes. For this reason, functional tests are used for injury assessment and prevention, analyzing physical or physiological imbalances and detecting asymmetries. The main aim of this study was to detect the asymmetries in the upper limbs (right and le...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020849 |
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author | Velarde-Sotres, Álvaro Bores-Cerezal, Antonio Mecías-Calvo, Marcos Barcala-Furelos, Martín Aparicio-Obregón, Silvia Calleja-González, Julio |
author_facet | Velarde-Sotres, Álvaro Bores-Cerezal, Antonio Mecías-Calvo, Marcos Barcala-Furelos, Martín Aparicio-Obregón, Silvia Calleja-González, Julio |
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description | Sports injuries can affect the performance of athletes. For this reason, functional tests are used for injury assessment and prevention, analyzing physical or physiological imbalances and detecting asymmetries. The main aim of this study was to detect the asymmetries in the upper limbs (right and left arms) in athletes, using the OctoBalance Test (OB), depending on the stage of the season. Two hundred and fifty-two participants (age: 23.33 ± 8.96 years old; height: 178.63 ± 11.12 cm; body mass: 80.28 ± 17.61 kg; body mass index: 24.88 ± 4.58; sports experience: 12.52 ± 6.28 years), practicing different sports (rugby, athletics, football, swimming, handball, triathlon, basketball, hockey, badminton and volleyball), assessed with the OB in medial, superolateral, and inferolateral directions in both arms, in four moments of the season (May 2017, September 2017, February 2018 and May 2018). ANOVA test was used with repeated measures with a p ≤ 0.05, for the analysis of the different studied variances. Significant differences were found (p = 0.021) in the medial direction of the left arm, between the first (May 2017) and fourth stages (May 2018), with values of 71.02 ± 7.15 cm and 65.03 ± 7.66 cm. From the detection of asymmetries, using the OB to measure, in the medial, superolateral and inferolateral directions, mobility and balance can be assessed. In addition, it is possible to observe functional imbalances, as a risk factor for injury, in each of the stages into which the season is divided, which will help in the prevention of injuries and in the individualization of training. |
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spelling | pubmed-87755832022-01-21 Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study Velarde-Sotres, Álvaro Bores-Cerezal, Antonio Mecías-Calvo, Marcos Barcala-Furelos, Martín Aparicio-Obregón, Silvia Calleja-González, Julio Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Sports injuries can affect the performance of athletes. For this reason, functional tests are used for injury assessment and prevention, analyzing physical or physiological imbalances and detecting asymmetries. The main aim of this study was to detect the asymmetries in the upper limbs (right and left arms) in athletes, using the OctoBalance Test (OB), depending on the stage of the season. Two hundred and fifty-two participants (age: 23.33 ± 8.96 years old; height: 178.63 ± 11.12 cm; body mass: 80.28 ± 17.61 kg; body mass index: 24.88 ± 4.58; sports experience: 12.52 ± 6.28 years), practicing different sports (rugby, athletics, football, swimming, handball, triathlon, basketball, hockey, badminton and volleyball), assessed with the OB in medial, superolateral, and inferolateral directions in both arms, in four moments of the season (May 2017, September 2017, February 2018 and May 2018). ANOVA test was used with repeated measures with a p ≤ 0.05, for the analysis of the different studied variances. Significant differences were found (p = 0.021) in the medial direction of the left arm, between the first (May 2017) and fourth stages (May 2018), with values of 71.02 ± 7.15 cm and 65.03 ± 7.66 cm. From the detection of asymmetries, using the OB to measure, in the medial, superolateral and inferolateral directions, mobility and balance can be assessed. In addition, it is possible to observe functional imbalances, as a risk factor for injury, in each of the stages into which the season is divided, which will help in the prevention of injuries and in the individualization of training. MDPI 2022-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8775583/ /pubmed/35055671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020849 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Velarde-Sotres, Álvaro Bores-Cerezal, Antonio Mecías-Calvo, Marcos Barcala-Furelos, Martín Aparicio-Obregón, Silvia Calleja-González, Julio Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study |
title | Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study |
title_full | Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study |
title_fullStr | Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study |
title_short | Detection of Upper Limb Asymmetries in Athletes According to the Stage of the Season—A Longitudinal Study |
title_sort | detection of upper limb asymmetries in athletes according to the stage of the season—a longitudinal study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020849 |
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