@misc{10498/23151,
year = {2020},
month = {4},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23151},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to compare the hamstring flexibility between federated soccer and non-federated adolescents, and also to evaluate the effect of age and weight status on hamstring flexibility. The participants were 234 students (11-18 years old) divided into: (i) G1: non-federated (n = 127), and (ii) G2: federated in soccer (n = 107). The deep flexion of the trunk (DF) test and the sit and reach test (SRT) were performed. G2 showed higher values for the DF and SRT compared to G1 (p < 0.05). Both flexibility tests correlated positively (r = 0.4, p < 0.001). Body mass index (BMI) was negatively correlated with the DF test (r = -0.3, p < 0.001), but not with the SRT. Divided by BMI, the underweight and normal weight groups had higher scores in the DF test compared with the overweight and obese groups (p < 0.001). BMI was negatively correlated with hamstring flexibility. Federated soccer students present higher scores of hamstring flexibility.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {adolescents},
keywords = {deep trunk flexion},
keywords = {sit and reach test},
keywords = {soccer},
title = {The Federated Practice of Soccer Influences Hamstring Flexibility in Healthy Adolescents: Role of Age and Weight Status},
doi = {10.3390/sports8040049},
author = {Ponce González, Jesús Gustavo and Gutiérrez Manzanedo, José Vicente and Castro Maqueda, Guillermo Ramón de and Fernández-Torres, Victor Jose and Fernández Santos, Jorge del Rosario},
}