Limb Differences in Unipedal Balance Performance in Young Male Soccer Players with Different Ages
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Anthropometry
2.4. Lower Quarter Y Balance Test
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | U13 (n = 19) | U15 (n = 14) | U17 (n = 21) | U19 (n = 22) |
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Age, years | 12.0 ± 0.2 | 13.6 ± 0.5 | 15.7 ± 0.6 | 17.1 ± 2.3 |
Body height, cm | 154.7 ± 8.4 | 171.4 ± 7.7 | 175.2 ± 7.5 | 178.9 ± 7.8 |
Body mass, kg | 42.3 ± 8.9 | 61.4 ± 9.3 | 67.8 ± 6.8 | 80.1 ± 8.2 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 17.7 ± 2.1 | 20.7 ± 2.2 | 22.0 ± 2.3 | 22.0 ± 1.2 |
Leg length left, cm | 83.9 ± 5.5 | 92.2 ± 3.4 | 93.2 ± 3.7 | 91.1 ± 6.4 |
Leg length right, cm | 84.0 ± 5.7 | 91.9 ± 32 | 93.0 ± 3.9 | 90.9 ± 6.2 |
Leg dominance, left/right | 3/16 | 2/12 | 3/18 | 4/18 |
Training experience, years | 7.1 ± 1.0 | 8.9 ± 1.5 | 9.8 ± 1.8 | 10.2 ± 1.9 |
Training volume, min/week | 270 | 360 | 360 | 450 |
Measure | U13 (n = 19) | U15 (n = 14) | U17 (n = 21) | U19 (n = 22) | p-Value (Effect Size) | ||||||
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D | ND | D | ND | D | ND | D | ND | Leg | Age | Leg × Age | |
ANT, % LL | 79.1 ± 10.6 | 80.4 ± 14.0 | 72.8 ± 7.4 | 73.3 ± 7.4 | 77.8 ± 5.5 | 76.6 ± 6.3 | 82.4 ± 9.2 | 80.5 ± 8.2 | 0.652 (0.05) | 0.031 * (0.36) | 0.378 (0.21) |
PM, % LL | 121.1 ± 9.5 | 119.2 ± 11.3 | 112.6 ± 8.0 | 115.3 ± 8.2 | 119.4 ± 6.9 | 112.5 ± 4.0 | 123.0 ± 6.2 | 124.4 ± 6.0 | 0.399 (0.10) | 0.018 * (0.38) | 0.080 (0.31) |
PL, % LL | 118.9 ± 8.6 | 121.8 ± 12.1 | 107.8 ± 9.5 | 107.0 ± 7.4 | 114.6 ± 6.0 | 115.2 ± 9.9 | 118.7 ± 7.5 | 119.3 ± 7.3 | 0.274 (0.13) | 0.001 *,† (0.59) | 0.383 (0.21) |
CS, % LL | 106.4 ± 8.4 | 107.1 ± 11.0 | 97.8 ± 7.2 | 98.5 ± 4.3 | 103.9 ± 4.8 | 103.0 ± 5.8 | 108.0 ± 6.7 | 108.1 ± 6.0 | 0.751 (0.03) | 0.001 *,† (0.53) | 0.504 (0.18) |
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Muehlbauer, T.; Schwiertz, G.; Brueckner, D.; Kiss, R.; Panzer, S. Limb Differences in Unipedal Balance Performance in Young Male Soccer Players with Different Ages. Sports 2019, 7, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7010020
Muehlbauer T, Schwiertz G, Brueckner D, Kiss R, Panzer S. Limb Differences in Unipedal Balance Performance in Young Male Soccer Players with Different Ages. Sports. 2019; 7(1):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7010020
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuehlbauer, Thomas, Gerrit Schwiertz, Dennis Brueckner, Rainer Kiss, and Stefan Panzer. 2019. "Limb Differences in Unipedal Balance Performance in Young Male Soccer Players with Different Ages" Sports 7, no. 1: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7010020