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

• Published in: Journal of exercise rehabilitation 2020-10, Vol.16 (5), p.427-431
• Main Authors: Lim, Ki-Hoon, Seo, Tae-Beom, Kim, Young-Pyo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Original
• ISSN: 2288-176X; 2288-1778
• DOI: 10.12965/jer.2040650.325

The purpose of this study is to investigate relationship between move-ment 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 Quadriceps- angle (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 inju-ries 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 differ-ence of Q-angle values between the left and right legs, but Q-angle val-ue between youth male and female groups significantly showed inter-action. 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.