The Young Athlete’s Spinal Mechanics

Donatelli, R; Thurner, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4753-5_2

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“…The appearance of lumbar injuries and back pain include risk factors such as: improper technique, decreased range of motion, abrupt increases in training or poorly prepared athlete (Glotzbecker & Hedequist, 2014). Another factors that seems to contribute to the increase of spinal injury incidence is the high training volumes and intensities that immature spine structures of youth players undertake to achieve sporting performance (Donatelli & Thurner, 2014). In addition, these several factors linked to nature of sport combined with the spinal developmental process, that might be a secondary disadvantage to spinal injuries appearance, may also have long-term health consequence influencing handball player'scareer.…”

Section: Risk Factors For Spinal Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

Spinal Injury Profile Of Senior Handball Players: A Study Of Questioning

Cazac¹

2023

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference Education Facing Contemporary World Issues (Edu World 2022), 3-4 June, 2022, Un

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In handball, specific physical demands differ and indifference to spinal demands can cause a serious hindrance in infinite value of sport life. The main aim of this paper is to make steps toward understanding and identify clear patterns of spinal injury profile from handball players according to their playing positions. With these challenge in mind, a new method using a structured and specific questionnaire has been applied to a number of 52 senior male handball players. The study reveals that the lumbar region accounts the most vulnerable to spinal injury with most of the cases with a chief complaint of low back pain than may oscillate over time, with asymptomatic periods between recurrences. For instance, the prevalence of lower back pain suffers variations with playing positions but we notice that the goalkeeper player is submitted to a higher risk of back pain and this requires a special attention to his special technical and tactical training program. This topic can be a particular good challenge for physiotherapist which should use their strong knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of spinal region, recognizing epidemiologic patterns and implemented a structured and specific injury prevention approach from an early age to optimize the injury prevention process or recurrence.

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Section: Risk Factors For Spinal Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

Spinal Injury Profile Of Senior Handball Players: A Study Of Questioning

Cazac¹

2023

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference Education Facing Contemporary World Issues (Edu World 2022), 3-4 June, 2022, Un

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“…The connection between high training volumes and intensities that immature spine structures of youth players undertake to achieve sporting performance put the athlete in a risky situation to a spinal structures injury (Donatelli & Thurner, 2014). More recent research include the impact of repeated participations in sport in terms of the etiology of an injury (Peterson & Renstrom, 2017).…”

Section: General Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These combination of incomplete ossification, increased flexibility and muscle weakness may result in altered mechanism and greater potential for injury (Donatelli & Thurner, 2014). The interaction between sport-specific forces and constantly changing anatomy of youth players may predispose the athlete to injury.…”

Section: The Youth Spinementioning

confidence: 99%

Preventive Strategies for Spinal Injury in Youth Handball Players

Cazac¹

2023

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference Education Facing Contemporary World Issues (Edu World 2022), 3-4 June, 2022, Un

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Competitive sport life can be seen as an arena where you must prove the highest abilities and sometimes the impossible of human body. To achieve such competency in a specific sport area takes time, effort and sometimes, at some point in career, an injury. A controversial issue appears to be: how to prevent injuries in sports? This paper underline the role of prevention of wide spectrum of spinal injuries and highlights the inherent weakness of immature spine of youth players that can may be a disadvantage not only for lesions which mirror at young age but also in adults. Youth handball athletes cannot and should not be regarded as adult players. The young athlete's musculoskeletal system is constantly changing and this can be one of the possible causes of injuries. When different and specific types of forces act on spine with specific limitations in young players, it is very important to maintain a good core stability to protect the spine and its surrounding structures. An injury prevention program have been developed to improve core stability and to reduce sports-related injuries at youth handball players. The specific advantages of a good core stability are discussed in depth with a particular focus on spine injuries prevention.

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“…There is a correlation between excessive exposure to competitive sports during adolescence and the incidence of low back pain and spinal injuries [11,12]. Senior players are exposed to spinal stresses from an early age and it is suggested that more years in competitive sports resulted in a higher rate of spinal disorders [13].…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevention and outcome measurement strategies to reduce the future impact of back pain in handball

Cazac

2023

SAM

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From a physical therapist's perspective, one of the best ways to prevent back pain is to try to identify variables determined to be predisposing factors and to control certain somatic-related factors in junior players. To take steps in this direction, in close correlation with theoretical arguments, we proposed as prevention tools some specific outcome measurement strategies to control and verify over time certain factors that predispose to back pain episodes, such as low levels of the trunk muscular endurance and coordination or lateral muscular asymmetries. The existence of muscle asymmetries was identified by bioimpedance performed with the Tanita MC 780 MA analyzer and trunk muscle endurance and coordination levels were checked with the McGill trunk muscle endurance test battery. Junior players showed poor trunk muscle strength and an imbalance between the three main muscle groups and some lateral muscle mass asymmetries between dominant and non-dominant body parts. Approaching and presenting this strategic vision for the prevention of back pain in handball players can provide professionals in the field with information to guide, evaluate, verify and implement a future individualized prevention program.

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The Young Athlete’s Spinal Mechanics

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Spinal Injury Profile Of Senior Handball Players: A Study Of Questioning

Spinal Injury Profile Of Senior Handball Players: A Study Of Questioning

Preventive Strategies for Spinal Injury in Youth Handball Players

Prevention and outcome measurement strategies to reduce the future impact of back pain in handball

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