Body Characteristics of University Soccer Players Measured by Orthopedic Medical Check. A Look at the Hip Joint and Pelvis.
- VernacularTitle:整形外科的メディカルチェックからみた大学サッカー選手の身体特性 特に股関節・骨盤を中心として
- Author:
MASAKAZU TAKIGAWA
;
YASUSHI TAKEDA
;
HIROKAZU ITO
;
KOICHI NAKAZATO
;
KOJI WATARAI
;
HIROYUKI NAKAJIMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical check;
body characteristics;
pubic symphysitis
- From:Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
2001;50(2):211-218
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to analyze the body characteristics of university soccer players, especially the hip joint and pelvis where chronic injuries frequently occur among soccer players.
Body characteristics of seventy male university soccer players were surveyed by an orthopedic medical check. The Micro FET value (MF) was used as the unique test for the potential stress on the pubic symphysis. MF was defined as the pressure value at which a subject claimed tenderness from compression on the pubic symphysis.
Among the various tests of the orthopedic medical check, trunk extension in the prone position and external rotation of the hip joint in the standing position correlated with MF. The same tendencies were observed in soccer players with pubic symphysitis.
Results indicate that these three simple tests : MF, trunk extension in the prone position and external rotation of the hip joint in the standing position, can be used as valuable indices for detecting pubic symphysitis in the early stages.
