Comparison of injury risk indicators in amateur female rugby players from different countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F24%3A73627533" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/24:73627533 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://jkes.eu/article/546755/en" target="_blank" >https://jkes.eu/article/546755/en</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0054.6755" target="_blank" >10.5604/01.3001.0054.6755</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of injury risk indicators in amateur female rugby players from different countries

Original language description

Background: Most specific rugby movements require an efficient stretch-shortening cycle (SSC). Reactive strength index (RSI) and leg stiffness have been considered a reliable measure of SSC capability and an indicator of ACL injury risk. The aim of this study was to assess and compare absolute leg stiffness (ALS) and RSI in amateur female rugby players from different countries. Methods: Players of three female rugby teams participated in the study: the female Czech team, the junior female Czech team, and the female university English team. Twenty repetitions of the submaximal bilateral hopping test were used for the calculation of ALS. RSI was obtained from 5 repetitions of the maximum hop test. Results: The values of the basic statistics were as follows: the female Czech team (median, mean ± SD): ALS, 25.3 kN·m–1, 25.4 ± 3.6 kN·m–1; RSI, 0.53, 0.60 ± 0.24; the junior female Czech team (median, mean ± SD): ALS, 22.7 kN·m–1, 23.1 ± 4.6 kN·m–1; RSI, 0.37, 0.42 ± 0.19, and the female university English team (median, mean ± SD): ALS, 22.7 kN·m–1, 24.0 ± 3.5 kN·m–1; RSI, 0.61, 0.59 ± 0.20. Only a between-group comparison of RSI of the female Czech team and the junior female Czech team (p = 0.04, r = 0.37, medium effect) showed significant differences. Conclusion: No significant differences between groups were found, except for Czech teams of different ages in RSI. The lower values of ALS and RSI compared to other studies can potentially be associated with a higher risk of ACL injury.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences

ISSN

2956-4581

e-ISSN

2956-4581

Volume of the periodical

107

Issue of the periodical within the volume

34

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

40-44

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85206098553