Passive stiffness of the posterior hip tissues in footballers and university students. Does it have a role to play as a diagnostic tool to predicting hamstring injuries in footballers? A pilot study
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- Title
- Passive stiffness of the posterior hip tissues in footballers and university students. Does it have a role to play as a diagnostic tool to predicting hamstring injuries in footballers? A pilot study
- Author(s)
- Panjwani, Zainali
- Abstract
- Background/AimNew methodologies are providing more reliable approaches to measuring passive stiffness. However, the clinical relevance of these findings, such as a relationship to injury, is still uncertain. This pilot study aims to determine the presence of differences in passive hip stiffness of the posterior hip tissues in different population groups using a passive straight leg raise, and to query its significance as a determinant of hamstring injury. MethodsNine footballers and nine university students met the inclusion criteria for this study. Subjects lay supine on a plinth and each leg was taken through three passive straight leg raises. A force transducer measured the moment as the limb was taken through its range. A moment-angle equation was used to determine values for posterior hip tissue stiffness and strain energy. ResultsThe moment-angle curves showed exponentials, as seen in previous research. No significant differences were seen between the two population groups in general. A comparison between dominant limbs found significance, suggesting that footballers had higher stiffness at 45° hip angles, but graphs showed overlapping error bars. Injury questionnaires could not be completed due to players leaving the club during the transfer window. ConclusionThis study suggested no significant difference in levels of passive stiffness between footballers and university students, and no significant relationship between passive stiffness and injury. Creating more appropriate extreme population groups and maintaining consistency of football players may provide alternative findings. The methods follow a clinically relevant test known as the straight leg raise, which may prove to be useful if any relationships are found.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2013
- Date Submitted
- 14.11.2018 12:26:18
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 29
- Submitted by:
- 4457
- Pub-Identifier
- 16329
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Panjwani, Zainali, “Passive stiffness of the posterior hip tissues in footballers and university students. Does it have a role to play as a diagnostic tool to predicting hamstring injuries in footballers? A pilot study”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2020