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Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Football is a widely played sport globally. Limb length discrepancies have been found to be common among football players and these may lead to abnormal gait. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between limb length discrepancy (LLD) and gait parameters...

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Autores principales: Akodu, A K, Akindele, O A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Sports Medicine Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36818964
http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8029
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description BACKGROUND: Football is a widely played sport globally. Limb length discrepancies have been found to be common among football players and these may lead to abnormal gait. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between limb length discrepancy (LLD) and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria. METHODS: Eighty-nine amateur football players participated in the cross-sectional study. They were recruited from different stadia in Lagos State. Limb length and gait parameters were measured using tape and footprint measurements. RESULTS: The prevalence of real limb length discrepancy among the participants was 75% (n = 67). The results of this study showed that the right leg was the shorter leg in 60% (n = 53) of the participants. There was no significant correlation between gait parameters and limb length measurement. CONCLUSION: Although limb length discrepancy is common among amateur football players in Lagos State, the relationship between limb length and gait parameters is weak.
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spelling pubmed-99245652023-02-16 Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria Akodu, A K Akindele, O A S Afr J Sports Med Original Research BACKGROUND: Football is a widely played sport globally. Limb length discrepancies have been found to be common among football players and these may lead to abnormal gait. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between limb length discrepancy (LLD) and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria. METHODS: Eighty-nine amateur football players participated in the cross-sectional study. They were recruited from different stadia in Lagos State. Limb length and gait parameters were measured using tape and footprint measurements. RESULTS: The prevalence of real limb length discrepancy among the participants was 75% (n = 67). The results of this study showed that the right leg was the shorter leg in 60% (n = 53) of the participants. There was no significant correlation between gait parameters and limb length measurement. CONCLUSION: Although limb length discrepancy is common among amateur football players in Lagos State, the relationship between limb length and gait parameters is weak. South African Sports Medicine Association 2020-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9924565/ /pubmed/36818964 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8029 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria
title_full Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria
title_short Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria
title_sort limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in lagos state, nigeria
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36818964
http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8029
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