%0 Journal Article 
%A Ponce González, Jesús Gustavo
%A Gutiérrez Manzanedo, José Vicente
%A Castro Maqueda, Guillermo Ramón de
%A Fernández-Torres, Victor Jose
%A Fernández Santos, Jorge del Rosario
%T The Federated Practice of Soccer Influences Hamstring Flexibility in Healthy Adolescents: Role of Age and Weight Status
%D 2020
%@ 2075-4663
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23151
%X 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.
%K adolescents
%K deep trunk flexion
%K sit and reach test
%K soccer
%~ Universidad de Cádiz