Decoding injury risk: Exploring the impact of asymptomatic hypermobility on lower limb injury risk factors in young female volleyball players

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2025.2511358" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2025.2511358</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2025.2511358" target="_blank" >10.1080/02640414.2025.2511358</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Decoding injury risk: Exploring the impact of asymptomatic hypermobility on lower limb injury risk factors in young female volleyball players

Original language description

Generalized hypermobility is associated with higher rates of musculoskeletal injuries, a trend also observed in volleyball. We aimed to investigate how asymptomatic hypermobility affects other suggested lower limb injury risk factors. Fifty female volleyball players (22 hypermobile, 28 non-hypermobile) were assessed using Beighton scores (BS) and lower limb injury risk factors based on the Landing Error Scoring System, single-leg dynamic balance, and Limb Symmetry Index (LSI) for single-leg hop and triple hop for distance. Spearman&apos;s correlations assessed relationships between BS and the risk factors, and t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests compared risk factors between non-hypermobile and asymptomatic hypermobile groups. No significant associations were found between BS and most risk factors, except for a negative correlation with the centre of pressure range of motion in the medio-lateral direction during dynamic balance on the non-dominant leg (ρ =-0.332; p = 0.015). The only significant group difference was in the LSI for single-leg hop distance, where the hypermobile group showed greater symmetry (r = 0.28, p = 0.041). The association between BS and dynamic balance was weak, with no clear difference in injury risk factors were observed between groups, suggesting hypermobile players may not need specialized training programs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

ISSN

0264-0414

e-ISSN

1466-447X

Volume of the periodical

43

Issue of the periodical within the volume

16

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1549-1559

UT code for WoS article

001497350200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105006983901