Relationship between Tilt Sensation Ability and Lower Limb Injuries in Junior Athletes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.1.1. Experiment 1
2.1.2. Experiment 2
2.2. Ethical Approval
2.3. Experimental Procedure
2.3.1. Experiment 1
2.3.2. Experiment 2
2.4. Medical Checks
Experiment 2
2.5. Statistical Analysis
2.5.1. Experiment 1
2.5.2. Experiment 2
3. Results
3.1. Experiment 1
3.2. Experiment 2
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Men | Women | Overall | |
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Age (years) | 20.3 ± 0.9 | 20.8 ± 0.9 | 20.6 ± 0.9 |
Height (cm) | 171.2 ± 4.4 | 157.8 ± 5.2 | 163.9 ± 8.3 |
Weight (kg) | 64.2 ± 10.6 | 51.5 ± 5.9 | 57.3 ± 10.4 |
Elementary School Student | Junior High School Student | |||||||
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M ± SD | n | Spearman’s rho | p | M ± SD | n | Spearman’s rho | p | |
Height (cm) | 141.4 ± 7.6 | 22 | −0.162 | 0.472 | 162.2 ± 6.7 | 16 | −0.024 | 0.930 |
Weight (kg) | 33.4 ± 6.1 | 19 | 0.184 | 0.450 | 48.8 ± 7.0 | 16 | 0.169 | 0.532 |
Elementary School Student (n = 24) | Junior High School Student (n = 16) | χ2 | p | |||
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n | % | n | % | |||
1.1° | 8 | 33.3 | 13 | 81.3 | 8.839 | 0.003 ** |
1.6° | 16 | 66.7 | 15 | 93.8 | 4.038 | 0.044 * |
2.1° | 18 | 75.0 | 15 | 93.8 | 2.338 | 0.126 |
Elementary School Student | Junior High School Student | |||||||
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Sensed Group | Unsensed Group | χ2 | p | Sensed Group | Unsensed Group | χ2 | p | |
Lower limbs | ||||||||
1.1° | 2 (25.0) | 7 (43.8) | 0.800 | 0.371 | 8 (61.5) | 1 (33.3) | 0.788 | 0.375 |
1.6° | 4 (25.0) | 5 (62.5) | 3.200 | 0.074 | 8 (53.3) | 1 (100.0) | 0.830 | 0.362 |
2.1° | 5 (27.8) | 4 (66.7) | 2.904 | 0.088 | 8 (53.3) | 1 (100.0) | 0.830 | 0.362 |
Knee | ||||||||
1.1° | 2 (25.0) | 2 (12.5) | 0.600 | 0.439 | 2 (15.4) | 1 (33.3) | 0.515 | 0.473 |
1.6° | 2 (12.5) | 2 (25.0) | 0.600 | 0.439 | 2 (13.3) | 1 (100.0) | 4.622 | 0.032 * |
2.1° | 3 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 0.000 | 1.000 | 2 (13.3) | 1 (100.0) | 4.622 | 0.032 * |
Lower leg and foot | ||||||||
1.1° | 2 (25.0) | 6 (37.5) | 0.375 | 0.540 | 7 (53.8) | 1 (33.3) | 0.410 | 0.522 |
1.6° | 4 (25.0) | 4 (50.0) | 1.500 | 0.211 | 7 (46.7) | 1 (100.0) | 1.067 | 0.302 |
2.1° | 5 (27.8) | 3 (50.0) | 1.000 | 0.317 | 7 (46.7) | 1 (100.0) | 1.067 | 0.302 |
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Tanaka, M.; Inoue, Y.; Gonno, M.; Nomura, T.; Oku, K.; Matsui, T.; Hiramoto, M.; Miyazaki, T.; Koda, H.; Watanabe, Y.; et al. Relationship between Tilt Sensation Ability and Lower Limb Injuries in Junior Athletes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070947
Tanaka M, Inoue Y, Gonno M, Nomura T, Oku K, Matsui T, Hiramoto M, Miyazaki T, Koda H, Watanabe Y, et al. Relationship between Tilt Sensation Ability and Lower Limb Injuries in Junior Athletes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(7):947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070947
Chicago/Turabian StyleTanaka, Maki, Yuka Inoue, Megumi Gonno, Teruo Nomura, Kyosuke Oku, Tomoyuki Matsui, Machiko Hiramoto, Tetsuya Miyazaki, Hitoshi Koda, Yuya Watanabe, and et al. 2024. "Relationship between Tilt Sensation Ability and Lower Limb Injuries in Junior Athletes" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 7: 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070947