Utility of the anterior reach y-balance test as an injury risk screening tool in elite male youth soccer players

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Read, Paul
Lloyd, Rhodri S.
Oliver, Jon
De Ste Croix, Mark
Farooq, Mohammed
Myer, Greg
Date
2020-07-10Acceptance date
2020-06-04
Type
Article
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
1873-1600
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Objectives: Examine growth and maturation trends in dynamic balance using the anterior reach Y-Balance test, and its utility as an injury risk screening tool.
Design: Cross sectional and prospective cohort.
Setting: Elite male youth soccer players.
Participants: 346 players grouped as pre, circa or post peak height velocity (PHV).
Main outcome measures: Pre-season anterior reach absolute and relative Y-Balance test scores and seasonal prospective lower extremity injury monitoring.
Results: Absolute reach distances were greatest post-PHV (p < 0.05). Relative to leg length, pre-PHV achieved the highest scores and increased between-limb differences. Significant associations between injury and anterior reach scores were present in pre (OR: 0.94, CI: 0.91 - 0.98, p < 0.05) and circa-PHV (OR: 1.05, 95% CI: 1.05 – 1.10, p < 0.05). Increased age (OR: 1.49, 95% CI: 1.04 – 2.13, p < 0.05) and height (OR: 1.06, 95% CI: .99 – 1.13, p = 0.82) were risk factors post-PHV. No differences in injury occurrence were shown between players with absolute reach difference > 4 cm in any group.
Conclusions: Anterior reach scores increased injury risk, but associations were small and inconsistent. The Y-Balance should be used with caution as a screening tool in this cohort.
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Physical Therapy in Sport;
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Read, P.J., Oliver, J.L., Myer, G.D., Farooq, A., Croix, M.D.S. and Lloyd, R.S. (2020) 'Utility of the anterior reach Y-balance test as an injury risk screening tool in elite male youth soccer players', Physical Therapy in Sport.
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Article published in Physical Therapy in Sport on 10 July 2020 (online), available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.06.002.
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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