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Postural orientation, what to expect in youth athletes? A cohort study on data from the Malmö Youth Sport Study

Augustsson, Sofia Ryman LU ; Nae, Jenny LU orcid ; Karlsson, Magnus LU ; Peterson, Tomas ; Wollmer, Per LU and Ageberg, Eva LU orcid (2021) In BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 13(1).
Abstract

Background: Studies investigating postural orientation in uninjured youth athletes are scarce. Understanding how postural orientation during functional performance tests change with age in uninjured athletes has the potential to enhance awareness of changes in performance after injury and to set realistic goals for injured athletes. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore postural orientation during functional tasks at early adolescence, and changes in postural orientation from early to middle adolescence and relate this to sex, type of sport and right leg lean body mass (RLLBM). Methods: In this cohort study 144 (38% female) youth athletes (mean age 13.5 years, SD 0.3) were included at baseline and 86 of these at follow up 2 years... (More)

Background: Studies investigating postural orientation in uninjured youth athletes are scarce. Understanding how postural orientation during functional performance tests change with age in uninjured athletes has the potential to enhance awareness of changes in performance after injury and to set realistic goals for injured athletes. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore postural orientation during functional tasks at early adolescence, and changes in postural orientation from early to middle adolescence and relate this to sex, type of sport and right leg lean body mass (RLLBM). Methods: In this cohort study 144 (38% female) youth athletes (mean age 13.5 years, SD 0.3) were included at baseline and 86 of these at follow up 2 years later. Four functional performance tests were visually evaluated for Postural Orientation Errors (POEs) with an ordinal scale, ranging from 0 (good) to 2 (poor), yielding a maximum total POE score of 51, and RLLBM by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Results: Improvements were observed in the total POE score from baseline to follow-up, median difference − 10 and − 7 (p < 0.001) for female and male athletes, respectively. At follow-up, female athletes had lower total POE score (median 18) than males (median 24) (p = 0.01). There were no differences in POE scores between sports type (team, individual, aesthetic) (p = 0.20–0.98) and no relationship between total POE score and RLLBM (rs = 0.09, p = 0.42). Conclusions: POEs appear to be quite common in young athletic population, but improvements are achieved over time. At mid-adolescence, female athletes seem to have less POEs than males. Neither sport type nor RLLBM seem to influence postural orientation.

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Functional performance, Lean body mass, Postural orientation errors, Sex difference
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
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13
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76
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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2052-1847
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10.1186/s13102-021-00307-y
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  author       = {{Augustsson, Sofia Ryman and Nae, Jenny and Karlsson, Magnus and Peterson, Tomas and Wollmer, Per and Ageberg, Eva}},
  issn         = {{2052-1847}},
  keywords     = {{Functional performance; Lean body mass; Postural orientation errors; Sex difference}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation}},
  title        = {{Postural orientation, what to expect in youth athletes? A cohort study on data from the Malmö Youth Sport Study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-021-00307-y}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/s13102-021-00307-y}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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