Effects of Combination Movement Patterns Quality and Physical Performance on Injuries in Young Athletes

Dawid Koźlenia and Jarosław Domaradzki
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Dawid Koźlenia: Department of Biostructure, Faculty of Physical Education, University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, al. I.J. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
Jarosław Domaradzki: Department of Biostructure, Faculty of Physical Education, University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, al. I.J. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: Identifying the factors associated with the injuries is crucial to prevention, enabling apply effective methods to reduce injuries frequency. This is especially important for young athletes for whom an injury may impair development or prematurely end a sports career. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine if the movement patterns quality and physical performance simultaneously affected injury occurrence in young athletes. The participants were 176 athletes aged 22.44 ± 1.64. The injury data were collected from the 12 months retrospective period. The functional movement screen test was conducted to assess the quality of movement patterns, and the physical performance tests were done for assessing strength, power, flexibility, and balance. Results showed relationships between movement patterns quality and flexibility with injuries. The receiver operating characteristic curve demonstrated growing injury frequency for 14 ? FMS and 21 cm ? Sit-and-reach test. Rank Transform ANOVA revealed a simultaneous effect of movement quality ( F = 11.5361; p = 0.0008) and flexibility ( F = 8.0514; p = 0.0050) on an injury. Post-hoc tests indicated that the group with low-quality movement patterns combined with a low level of flexibility is the most frequently injured ( p < 0.05). It is recommended to include in training, routine exercises improving movement patterns and flexibility to prevent injuries.

Keywords: injury; young athletes; movement patterns; physical performance; flexibility; strength; power; balance; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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