Asymmetry of muscle strength in elite athletes

• Authors: Patrik Drid , Miodrag Drapsin , Tatjana Trivic , Damir Lukač , Slavko Obadov , Zoran Milosevic
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To determine muscle strength variables in elite judoists and wrestlers since thigh muscle strength and bilaterally balanced flexor-to-extensor ratio minimise injury risk and are desirable for achieving sport successes.Material and methods: Judoists, wrestlers and untrained subjects, 10 each, were subjected to isokinetic strength measurements of relative peak torques of knee flexor and extensor muscles on "Easy-Tech" dynamometer in concentric-concentric mode.Results: Mean relative peak muscle torques for knee flexors ranged from 1.14 ±0.27 (untrained) to 1.57 ±0.40 (judoists) N·m/kg and for knee extensors from 2.77 ± 0.34 (untrained) to 3.60 ± 0.64 (wrestlers) N·m/kg. The flexor-to-extensor ratios ranged from 39.3 ± 6.0 to 47.8 ± 10.8% and did not differ significantly between groups. Absolute right/left asymmetry for knee flexors ranged from 14.6 ± 10.4 to 17.4 ± 11.8% and was significantly (p<0.01) higher than for knee extensors (7.2 ± 6.8 to 8.6 ± 7.7%). All asymmetry indices were significant (p<0.01), no significant between group differences being detected.Conclusions: Implementing new training elements and modalities may improve the performance and prevent lateral asymmetry thus decreasing the risk of injuries.

Keywords

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Functional asymmetry; Muscle strength; Peak torque; Judo; Wrestling

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 3-5

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2009

online

6 - 4 - 2009

Contributors

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Patrik Drid

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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Miodrag Drapsin

• Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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Tatjana Trivic

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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Damir Lukač

• Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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Slavko Obadov

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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Zoran Milosevic

• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-009-0002-1