Relationship between movement dysfunctions and sports injuries according to gender of youth soccer player

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate relationship between movement dysfunctions and sports injuries according to gender of youth soccer player. Thirty-eight middle school soccer players participated in this study and they were divided into male (n= 19) and female (n= 19) groups. The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and the Quadricepsangle (Q-angle) during single-leg squat were analyzed for identifying imbalance and asymmetry of the body, and sports injury questionnaire was examined for 6 months after FMS test. The number of sports injuries did not show significant difference between youth male and female soccer athletes. In FMS results, the scores of overhead squat, hurdle step, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight leg raise, and rotary stability and the total scores were no significant differences between gender, but the score for the trunk stability push-up was significantly higher in male group than female group. There was no significant difference of Q-angle values between the left and right legs, but Q-angle value between youth male and female groups significantly showed interaction. Therefore, the present data suggested that FMS and Q-angle during single-leg squat might be indicators to predict and/or prevent sports injury in youth male and female soccer players.

Assessment of Dysfunctional Movements and Asymmetries in Children and Adolescents Using the Functional Movement Screen—A Narrative Review

“…Of the available studies, some include both boys and girls [32,40,41,44 Of the studies that included both boys and girls, some studies have not reported sex differences in the FMS [57,77,78,82]. Other studies have reported no significant differences in the FMS scores between boys and girls [36,38,41,44,48,49,58,62,63,76,81,83,86,87,[89][90][91]93,99,103,110]. Fewer studies have reported that girls perform better than boys [32,40,45,54,55,59,88,108] and even fewer studies report that boys perform better than girls [107,111].…”

“…Although there is a plethora of research on the use of the FMS in adults, there is growing scientific evidence indicating the use of the FMS in youth. Studies to date have been performed in the United States, Canada [ 42 , 43 ], Hungary and Germany [ 44 , 45 ], Italy [ 46 ], Moldova [ 38 ], countries of the UK [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ], Ireland [ 58 , 59 ], Poland [ 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ], Slovakia [ 65 ], Iran [ 66 , 67 , 68 ], Turkey [ 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 ], Japan [ 75 ], China [ 76 , 77 ], Thailand [ 32 ], Taiwan [ 78 , 79 , 80 ], Korea [ 81 ], Indonesia [ 82 ], Croatia [ 40 , 41 , 83 , 84 ], Brazil [ 85 ], Portugal [ 86 ], Spain [ 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 …”

“…Performance on the FMS can include comparisons between boys and girls on the total FMS score, scores on individual test items, and prevalence of asymmetries and dysfunctional scores. Of the available studies, some include both boys and girls [ 32 , 40 , 41 , 44 , 54 , 55 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 62 , 63 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 103 , 108 ], some include only boys [ 43 , 46 , 47 , 50 , 51 , 53 , 56 , 61 , 64 , 66 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 80 , 85 , 90 , 94 , 97 , 100 , 101 , 102 …”

“…In addition to sex differences in the total FMS score, there are also sex difference in how boys and girls perform on individual FMS test items. Generally, boys have more dysfunctional movements in movement patterns that challenge mobility and flexibility and girls underperform boys in movements that require upper body strength and core stabilization [ 40 , 45 , 81 , 88 ]. For example, in a group of 10 to 17 year old youth, boys performed better on the trunk stability push-up, in-line lungs, and rotary stability tests [ 107 ] and an older (14–18 years of age) group of boys performed better on the trunk stability push-up test and the inline lunge [ 111 ].…”

“…,54,55,[57][58][59]62,63,[76][77][78][81][82][83][84][86][87][88][89][91][92][93]103,108], some include only boys[43,46,47,50,51,53,56,61,64,66,[68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]80,85,90,94,97,[100][101][102]105,106,109] and some studies do not report the sex of the participants at all[14,52,…”