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Table 4 Comparison of injured and non-injured athletes (overall, thigh/hip and foot/shank) for movement, clinical and strength variables

From: Risk factors for overuse injuries in a cohort of elite Swedish track and field athletes

 

OA INJ.

OA NON-INJ.

 

T/H INJ.

T/H NON-INJ.

 

F INJ.

F NON-INJ.

 

m ± SD

m ± SD

p

rpb

m ± SD

m ± SD

p

rpb

m ± SD

m ± SD

p

rpb

Movement

 HADROM_R [°]

5.38 [2.58]

6.03 [2.53]

.26

.16

4.68 [2.38]

5.80 [2.58]

.16

.24

5.87 [2.71]

5.42 [2.48]

.60

−.07

 HADROM_L [°]

4.80 [2.35]

5.50 [2.44]

.14

.20

4.19 [2.01]

5.21 [2.44]

.13

.25

5.33 [2.54]

4.83 [2.29]

.54

−.08

 KFVEL_R [°/s]

327.27 [132.87]

371.77 [185.00]

.67

.06

257.82 [41.53]

360.59 [161.28]

.08

.29

336.10 [129.64]

344.94 [165.26]

.84

−.03

 KFVEL_L [°/s]

334.78 [129.59]

379.44 [169.10]

.44

.11

266.14 [42.50]

367.97 [152.16]

.03*

.37

341.39 [125.37]

353.91 [155.34]

.91

−.02

 AEV_R [°]

15.04 [6.26]

16.81 [9.16]

.58

.08

14.86 [5.61]

15.78 [7.66]

.70

−.07

15.33 [6.66]

15.78 [7.74]

.74

.05

 AEV_L [°]

14.72 [6.30]

17.43 [8.37]

.17

.19

15.24 [5.06]

15.67 [7.51]

.53

−.11

14.78 [6.42]

16.09 [7.50]

.38

.12

 AEVVEL_R [°/s]

250.09 [120.81]

287.86 [135.23]

.18

.19

245.12 [88.32]

266.10 [133.35]

.88

−.03

257.43 [138.04]

265.17 [119.32]

.45

.10

 AEVVEL_L [°/s]

242.45 [119.76]

298.40 [135.10]

.05*

.27

250.26 [84.70]

262.72 [134.95]

.64

−.08

245.74 [124.95]

269.51 [128.32]

.30

.14

Clinical

 RFFLEX_R [°]

139.02 [16.63]

144.38 [7.48]

.26

.15

140.77 [8.48]

140.74 [15.62]

.30

.16

139.15 [19.68]

141.67 [10.51]

.63

−.06

 RFFLEX_L [°]

148.62 [8.45]

150.38 [11.27]

.65

.06

148.94 [5.80]

149.25 [10.11]

.82

.04

148.64 [10.20]

149.51 [9.03]

.81

−.03

 ILFLEX_R [°]

108.68 [11.73]

105.70 [8.45]

.24

−.15

108.77 [11.46]

107.40 [10.66]

.17

−.21

107.85 [11.74]

107.53 [10.26]

.78

.04

 ILFLEX_L [°]

108.92 [8.38]

106.27 [9.13]

.14

−.18

111.25 [8.61]

107.42 [8.65]

.15

−.23

108.38 [8.58]

107.79 [8.81]

.68

−.05

Strength

 HAB:HAD [Nm/kg]

0.79 [0.19]

0.84 [0.19]

.15

.18

0.76 [0.08]

0.82 [0.21]

.25

.15

0.77 [0.16]

0.83 [0.21]

.39

.11

 H:Q_R [Nm/kg]

0.83 [0.16]

0.84 [0.16]

.93

.01

0.79 [0.15]

0.84 [0.16]

.62

.08

0.84 [0.15]

0.83 [0.17]

.39

−.11

 H:Q_L [Nm/kg]

0.82 [0.13]

0.83 [0.17]

.42

−.10

0.80 [0.12]

0.83 [0.15]

.84

.03

0.83 [0.13]

0.82 [0.15]

.60

−.07

  1. HADROM Hip adduction range of motion, KFVEL Knee flexion velocity, AEV Ankle eversion, AEVVEL Ankle eversion velocity, RFFLEX Rectus femoris flexibility, ILFLEX Iliopsoas flexibility, HAB:HAD Hip abduction:adduction strength ratio, H:Q Hamstring:quadriceps strength ratio, OA INJ Overall injured, OA NON-INJ Overall non-injured, T/H INJ Thigh/hip injured, T/H NON-INJ Thigh/hip non-injured, R Right side, L Left side, m Mean, SD Standard deviation, * indicates p ≤ 0.05, rpb Rank-Biserial Correlation