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- Title
The Federated Practice of Soccer Influences Hamstring Flexibility in Healthy Adolescents: Role of Age and Weight Status.
- Authors
Ponce-González, Jesús Gustavo; Gutiérrez-Manzanedo, José V.; De Castro-Maqueda, Guillermo; Fernández-Torres, Victor Jose; Fernández-Santos, Jorge R.
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the hamstring flexibility between federated soccer and non-federated adolescents, and also to evaluate the effect of age and weight status on hamstring flexibility. The participants were 234 students (11–18 years old) divided into: (i) G1: non-federated (n = 127), and (ii) G2: federated in soccer (n = 107). The deep flexion of the trunk (DF) test and the sit and reach test (SRT) were performed. G2 showed higher values for the DF and SRT compared to G1 (p < 0.05). Both flexibility tests correlated positively (r = 0.4, p < 0.001). Body mass index (BMI) was negatively correlated with the DF test (r = −0.3, p < 0.001), but not with the SRT. Divided by BMI, the underweight and normal weight groups had higher scores in the DF test compared with the overweight and obese groups (p < 0.001). BMI was negatively correlated with hamstring flexibility. Federated soccer students present higher scores of hamstring flexibility.
- Subjects
SOCCER; TEENAGERS; BODY mass index
- Publication
Sports (2075-4663), 2020, Vol 8, Issue 4, p49
- ISSN
2075-4663
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sports8040049