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  • The effect of low back pain on trunk muscle size/function and hip strength in elite football (soccer) players

    Author(s)
    Hides, Julie A
    Oostenbroek, Tim
    Smith, Melinda M Franettovich
    Mendis, M Dilani
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Mendis, Dilani D.
    Hides, Julie A.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem in football (soccer) players. The effect of LBP on the trunk and hip muscles in this group is unknown. The relationship between LBP and trunk muscle size and function in football players across the preseason was examined. A secondary aim was to assess hip muscle strength. Twenty-five elite soccer players participated in the study, with assessments conducted on 23 players at both the start and end of the preseason. LBP was assessed with questionnaires and ultrasound imaging was used to assess size and function of trunk muscles at the start and end of preseason. Dynamometry was used to ...
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    Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem in football (soccer) players. The effect of LBP on the trunk and hip muscles in this group is unknown. The relationship between LBP and trunk muscle size and function in football players across the preseason was examined. A secondary aim was to assess hip muscle strength. Twenty-five elite soccer players participated in the study, with assessments conducted on 23 players at both the start and end of the preseason. LBP was assessed with questionnaires and ultrasound imaging was used to assess size and function of trunk muscles at the start and end of preseason. Dynamometry was used to assess hip muscle strength at the start of the preseason. At the start of the preseason, 28% of players reported the presence of LBP and this was associated with reduced size of the multifidus, increased contraction of the transversus abdominis and multifidus muscles. LBP decreased across the preseason, and size of the multifidus muscle improved over the preseason. Ability to contract the abdominal and multifidus muscles did not alter across the preseason. Asymmetry in hip adductor and abductor muscle strength was found between players with and without LBP. Identifying modifiable factors in players with LBP may allow development of more targeted preseason rehabilitation programmes.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Sports Sciences
    Volume
    34
    Issue
    24
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2016.1221526
    Subject
    Sports science and exercise
    Allied health and rehabilitation science
    Science & Technology
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Sport Sciences
    Multifidus muscle
    hip abductor muscle
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/407092
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