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The evaluation of foot arch and the distribution of foot-to-ground contact forces in young football players as well as their impact on the occurrence of injuries Cover

The evaluation of foot arch and the distribution of foot-to-ground contact forces in young football players as well as their impact on the occurrence of injuries

Open Access
|Dec 2019

Figures & Tables

Implementation of warm-up exercises before the training and stretching exercises after the training among the examined players

N%
Warm-up before the trainingAlways2997
Sometimes13
Rarely00
Never00
Stretching after the trainingAlways1240
Sometimes1550
Rarely310
Never00

Correlation between loads borne by a lower limb and the frequency of injuries

Chi-squaredfp
Loads borne by the left lower limb and the frequency of injuries0.099df=2P=0.95152
Loads borne by the right lower limb and the frequency of injuries1.533df=2P=0.46454

Correlations between loads borne by a lower limb and foot arch

Chi-squaredfp
Loads borne by the left lower limb and left foot arch3.807df=2P= 0.14907
Loads borne by the right lower limb and right foot arch0.988df= 2P=0.60998

Correlation between the frequency of training sessions per week and the frequency of injuries

Chi-squaredfp
The frequency of training sessions per week and the frequency of injuries6.923df=2P=0.03139

Type of longitudinal and transverse foot arch in the examined footballers

increasednormaldecreasedflat
Longitudinal foot archLeft footN010020
%033067
Right footN012018
%040060
Transverse foot archLeft footN02604
%087013
Right footN02208
%073027

Type of injury experienced by the examined players

Achilles tendon injuryAnkle sprainKnee joint injury
N%N%N
Yes1246103911
No1454166115
Language: English
Page range: 13 - 18
Submitted on: Mar 12, 2019
Accepted on: Jun 10, 2019
Published on: Dec 30, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Edyta Szeliga et al.
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