TY  - JOUR
AU  - O’Connor, Siobhan
A2  - O’Connor, Siobhan
A2  - McCaffrey, Noel
A2  - Whyte, Enda F.
A2  - Fop, Michael
A2  - Murphy, Thomas Brendan
A2  - Moran, Kieran Andrew
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - Balance
KW  - Collegesport
KW  - Extremität, untere
KW  - Gaelic Football
KW  - Gleichgewichtstest
KW  - Gleichgewichtsvermögen
KW  - Hurling
KW  - Jugendalter
KW  - Korrelationsanalyse
KW  - Körperkontakt
KW  - Mannschaftssport
KW  - Sportmedizin
KW  - Sportspiel
KW  - Sprunggelenk
KW  - Test
KW  - Verhaltensanalyse
KW  - Verletzungsgefahr
KW  - Verletzungsmechanismus
KW  - Verletzungsprophylaxe
LA  - eng
TI  - Can the Y balance test identify those at risk of contact or non-contact lower extremity injury in adolescent and collegiate Gaelic games?
TT  - Kann der Y-Balance-Test diejenigen identifizieren, die bei gälischen Spielen im Jugend- und Collegebereich ein Risiko für Kontakt- oder kontaktlose Verletzungen der unteren Extremitäten haben?
PY  - 2020
N2  - Objectives: Lower extremity (LE) injuries are common in Gaelic games and lead to a significant economic and injury burden. Balance is considered a predictor of injury in other sports, however no research has examined its effect on LE injury in Gaelic games. This study aims to present normative data for the Y Balance Test (YBT), determine whether the YBT can identify those at risk of contact and non-contact LE and ankle injuries and generate population specific cut-off points in adolescent and collegiate Gaelic games. Design: Prospective cohort study. Methods: A convenience sample of 636 male adolescent (n = 293, age = 15.7 ± 0.7 years) and collegiate (n = 343, age = 19.3 ± 1.9 years) Gaelic footballers and hurlers were recruited. The YBT was completed and injuries were assessed at least weekly over one season. Univariate and logistic regression was performed to examine if the YBT can classify those at risk of LE-combined and ankle injuries. ROC curves were used to identify cut-off points. Results: Gaelic players performed poorly in the YBT and between 31-57% of all players were identified as at risk of injury at pre-season using previously published YBT cut-off points. However, poor YBT scores were unable to ascertain those at risk of contact or non-contact LE-combined and ankle injuries with sufficient sensitivity. High specificity was noted for contact LE-combined and non-contact ankle injuries. Conclusions: The YBT as a sole screening method to classify those at risk of LE and ankle injuries in Gaelic games is questionable. However, the YBT may be a useful preliminary screening tool to identify those not at risk of contact LE-combined or non-contact ankle injury. Generalising published cut-off points from other sports is not supported.
L2  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2020.04.017
DO  - 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.04.017
SP  - S. 943-948
SN  - 1440-2440
JO  - Journal of science and medicine in sport
IS  - 10
VL  - 23
M3  - Elektronische Ressource (online)
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
ID  - PU202011009547
ER  -