Balance and postural control in basketball players

• Auteurs principaux: Murilo Curtolo (Auteur), Helga Tatiana Tucci (Auteur), Tayla P. Souza (Auteur), Geiseane A. Gonçalves (Auteur), Ana C. Lucato (Auteur), Liu C. Yi (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Editora Champagnat.
• Sujets: article
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• Notes: 1980-5918; 10.1590/1980-5918.030.002.ao12
• Keywords: Adolescente; Equilíbrio Postural; Propriocepção; Tornozelo; Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM1-950; Sports medicine; RC1200-1245
• Source: Fisioterapia em Movimento, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 319-328

Abstract Introduction: Basketball is one of the most popular sports involving gestures and movements that require single-leg based support. Dorsiflexion range of motion (DROM), balance and postural control may influence the performance of this sport. Objective: To compare and correlate measures of balance, postural control and ankle DROM between amateur basketball athletes and non-athletes. Methods: Cross-sectional study, composed by 122 subjects allocated into one control group (CG = 61) and one basketball group (BG = 61). These groups were subdivided into two other groups by age: 12-14 years and 15-18 years. The participants were all tested for postural balance with the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), postural control with the Step-down test and DROM with the Weight-bearing lunge test (WBLT). Between-groups differences were compared using repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance. Normalized reaching distances were analyzed and correlated with the WBLT and Step-down test. Results: There was no difference in the scores of WBLT (P = .488) and Step-down test (P =. 916) between the groups. Scores for the anterior reach (P = .001) and total score of SEBT (P = .030) were higher in BG. The values for the posterolateral (P = .001) and posteromedial reach (P = .001) of SEBT were higher in BG at the age of 15-18. The correlation between the anterior reach of the SEBT and WBLT was significant in BG between 12-14 years (r = 0.578, P = .008), and in the CG between 15-18 years (r = 0.608, P=.001). Conclusion: The balance was better in the BG, although adolescents between 15-18 years have better balance control for the posteromedial and posterolateral reaches of the SEBT.