Adolescent female soccer players' soccer-specific warm-up effects on performance and inter-limb asymmetries

• Päätekijät: Elena Pardos-Mainer (Tekijä), José Antonio Casajús (Tekijä), Oliver Gonzalo-Skok (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Termedia Publishing House, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
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• Notes: 0860-021X; 2083-1862; 10.5114/biolsport.2019.85453
• Keywords: lower extremity asymmetries; change of direction; strength; intervention; football; females; Sports medicine; RC1200-1245; Biology (General); QH301-705.5
• Source: Biology of Sport, Vol 36, Iss 3, Pp 199-207 (2019)

No studies have assessed whether changes in physical performance and inter-limb asymmetries (ILA) can be achieved with the FIFA 11+ prevention programme in adolescent female soccer players. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the FIFA 11+ programme compared with a standard warm-up on physical performance and ILA in adolescent female soccer players. Thirty-six adolescent female soccer players were randomly assigned to an experimental (EG; n = 19) or a control group (CG; n = 17). Unilateral/bilateral countermovement jump (CMJ), drop jump (DJ) and horizontal jump tests, two different change of direction tests, an ankle dorsiflexion test, the Y-Balance test (YBT) and inter-limb asymmetries were measured before and after 10 weeks of training. The results revealed no significant group-by-time interactions in the vast majority of variables (p>0.05). Paired t-test revealed significant improvements of the right [effect size (ES):0.56] and left (ES:0.49) CMJ, right (ES:0.74) and left (ES:0.54) DJ (ES:0.74), right (ES:1.27) and left (ES:1.26) posteromedial direction and right (ES:0.89) and left (ES:0.84) posterolateral direction in the YBT in the EG (p < 0.05). Right anterior direction in the YBT and V-cut test were significantly improved in both groups (p<0.05). For inter-limb asymmetry variables, no significant group‑by‑time interactions (ES:0 to 0.93) and an improvement between pre‑ and post-tests (ES:-0.76 to 0.49) were observed. Therefore, the FIFA 11+ programme led to improved unilateral jumping, dynamic balance and reduced lower extremity symmetries of several tests in adolescent female soccer players.