External and Total Hip Rotation Ranges of Motion Predispose to Low Back Pain in Elite Spanish Inline Hockey Players

Antonio Cejudo, Víctor Jesús Moreno-Alcaraz, Ricardo Izzo, Fernando Santonja-Medina and Pilar Sainz de Baranda
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Antonio Cejudo: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30720 San Javier (Murcia) C.P., Spain
Víctor Jesús Moreno-Alcaraz: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30720 San Javier (Murcia) C.P., Spain
Ricardo Izzo: Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30720 Murcia, Spain
Fernando Santonja-Medina: Sports and Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30720 Murcia, Spain
Pilar Sainz de Baranda: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30720 San Javier (Murcia) C.P., Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: Low back pain (LBP) is a common ailment in competitive athletes. Although the association between limited range of motion (ROM) and prevalence of LBP has been widely investigated in other sports, there is no research about this topic in inline hockey (IH). The main purposes of this study in IH players were (1) to analyze the association between hip ROM and LBP and (2) to establish a diagnostic cutoff for ROM of high risk of LBP. Twenty elite IH players from the two Spanish National Teams (male and female) were assessed for passive maximum hip ROMs; the movement evaluated were the hip external [HER] and internal [HIR] rotation, hip flexion with flexed [HF-KF] and extended [HF-KE] knee, hip adduction with flexed hip [HAD-HF], hip abduction with neutral [HAB] and flexed [HAB-HF] hip, and hip extension [HE]. LBP was retrospectively monitored for the last 12 months before the date of ROM assessment by using a questionnaire. The data were analyzed via a binary logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curves. The 70% of players had developed LBP during the retrospective study period. Significant differences between LBP group and asymptomatic group for HER ( p = 0.013, d [Cohen’s effect size] = 1.17) and hip total rotation [HTR] ( p = 0.032, d [Cohen’s effect size] = 1.05) were observed. The cutoff points with the greatest discriminatory capacity were 56.5° for HER and 93° for HTR ROMs.

Keywords: assessment; ROC curve; ROM-SPORT battery; injury prevention; back pain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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