Core stability of male and female football players

• Authors: Pantelis Nikolaidis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To investigate into core stability measures and to establish the preliminary normal data.Material and methods: Three groups of football players were studied: male players, members of an amateur club (Division IV; n = 20), female players, members of a Division I club (n = 28) and male adolescent club players (n = 17). They were subjected to 4 tests of core stability (muscular endurance of trunk flexors and extensors, and of left and right lateral bridge) at the beginning of the 2009/2010 season.Results: No significant between-group differences were found for trunk flexors endurance. Female players were significantly (p<0.01) superior to both male groups with respect to trunk extensors endurance and inferior with respect to flexors-to-extensors ratio.Conclusions: The results may have practical implications for football training and injury prevention.

Keywords

EN

Muscle strength; Age groups; Football; Trunk stability

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 30-33

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2010

online

8 - 4 - 2010

Contributors

author

Pantelis Nikolaidis

• Hellenic Army Academy, Athens, Greece

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-010-0007-9