Effects of maturation on lower limb neuromuscular asymmetries in elite youth tennis players
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Madruga-Parera, M., Romero-Rodríguez, D., Bishop, C., Beltran-Valls, M., Latinjak, A., Beato, M. and Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, A. 2019. Effects of maturation on lower limb neuromuscular asymmetries in elite youth tennis players. Sports. 7 (5), p. e106. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7050106
Type | Article |
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Title | Effects of maturation on lower limb neuromuscular asymmetries in elite youth tennis players |
Authors | Madruga-Parera, M., Romero-Rodríguez, D., Bishop, C., Beltran-Valls, M., Latinjak, A., Beato, M. and Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, A. |
Abstract | Neuromuscular asymmetries have been previously associated with reduced performance. Similarly, maturation has shown that youth athletes may experience a loss of motor control, which could also lead to compromised physical performance. The present study aimed to evaluate and quantify the level of asymmetry among chronological and maturational groups. Forty-one youth tennis players performed the single leg countermovement jump (SLCMJ), star excursion balance test (SEBT) and a change of direction speed (CODS) test. Differences were found between the strongest and weakest limbs across all tests (p 0.001), and also for SEBT in the posteromedial direction (p = 0.02), SEBT composite score (p 0.01) in maturation groups, and for SEBT posterolateral direction (p = 0.03) and SEBT composite score (p = 0.01) in chronological groups. The SLCMJ showed the largest inter-limb asymmetries for the circa peak height velocity (PHV) group (19.31 ± 12.19%) and under-14 (U14) group (17.55 ± 9.90%). Chronological and maturation groups followed similar trends for inter-limb asymmetries, but the biological index showed larger asymmetry scores in the jumping test at PHV compared to that found in the chronological group (U14). These results show that inter-limb differences may be heightened during PHV. Practitioners can use this information to inform the decision-making process when prescribing training interventions in youth tennis players. |
Keywords | inter-limb differences; vertical jump; balance; change of direction |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Journal | Sports |
ISSN | 2075-4663 |
Publication dates | |
08 May 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 May 2019 |
Accepted | 06 May 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Additional information | Article number = 106 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7050106 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000470957300011 |
Language | English |
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