The Effect of balance exercises for the dynamic stability of lower limbs and for the quality of functional movements of the professional football players
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2018-11-29 |
eISBN 978-9955-15-587-4
Abstracts included in the „Book of Abstracts“ were reviewed by one independent scientific referee. Referees: Algė Daunoravičienė, Alma Kajėnienė, Vilma Mauricienė, Laimonas Šiupšinskas, Ernesta Gurskienė, Viktorija Kaktienė, Agnė Slapšinskaitė, Brigita Zachovajevienė, Renata Žumbakytė-Šermukšnienė.
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Introduction. Football is one of the most popular sport in the world, both for children and for adults (Hassanian‐Moghaddam et al., 2017). This sport is also one of the most dangerous for health, as it is in football sports, male professionals 38%, amateur level 28% of all recorded injuries (Ekstrand et al., 2011). Balance is one of the prevention efforts aimed at reducing the risk of injuries in professional sports and thus improving not only the physical aspects of the athlete but also the overall team performance (Emery et al., 2005). Research aim: to determine the effect of balance exercises to the legs dynamic stability and to the quality of functional movements. Research methods and organization. The study was conducted from 2018 of January to 2018 of November in the team of A division team. The study involved 20 professional male football players ( age 25 ± 7). All subjects are professional football players, playing in the top of Lithuanian league. They didn’t get any serious or acute injuries in three months, which would have stopped the training cycle for more than a week. The participants in the study were tested twice before the season starts and at the end of the season. First, new season players were questioned about past injuries that occurred in the last three months. The subjects selected on the first day of the study were FMS ((Functional Movement Screen) and Y-Balance tests. After two days of rest, we tested explosive power. Between first preseason testing and season ending testing, during the season was applied a balance control program. Methods: Since the beginning of the investigation in 2018 month of January, were registered the players injuries which have been incurred in competitions. To assess the purpose of balance exercises and the quality of functional movements associated with the risk of injuries, players who meet the criteria were tested with these tests: The FMS (Functional [...].