Exploring the Y-Balance-Test scores and inter-limb asymmetry in soccer players: differences between competitive level and field positions

González-Fernández, Francisco Tomás; Martínez-Aranda, Luis Manuel; Falces-Prieto, Moisés; Nobari, Hadi; Clemente, Filipe Manuel

doi:10.1186/s13102-022-00438-w

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Bivariate correlations for ANT, PM, PL directions, Inter-limb asymmetry as well as categorical variables (category or level. height and age groups)

From: Exploring the Y-Balance-Test scores and inter-limb asymmetry in soccer players: differences between competitive level and field positions

N = 173		YBT-AN Dom leg	YBT-PM Dom leg	YBT-PL Dom leg	YBT-AN NDom leg	YBT-PM NDom leg	YBT-PL NDom leg	Inter-limb asymmetry AN	Inter-limb asymmetry PM	Inter-limb asymmetry PL	Category or level	Height	Age groups
YBT-AN Dom leg	Pearson correlation	1	.520**	.571**	.954**	.525**	.597**	.042	.070	− .009	.212**	.223**	.245**
YBT-AN Dom leg	Sig. (bilateral)		.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.583	.359	.902	.005	.003	.001
YBT-PM Dom leg	Pearson correlation	.520**	1	.777**	.484**	.818**	.733**	− .021	− .202**	− .169*	.386**	.196**	.333**
YBT-PM Dom leg	Sig. (bilateral)	.000		.000	.000	.000	.000	.781	.008	.026	.000	.010	.000
YBT-PL Dom leg	Pearson correlation	.571**	.777**	1	.578**	.774**	.804**	.026	− .028	− .209**	.476**	.198**	.424**
YBT-PL Dom leg	Sig. (bilateral)	.000	.000		.000	.000	.000	.732	.715	.006	.000	.009	.000
YBT-AN NDom leg	Pearson correlation	.954**	.484**	.578**	1	.549**	.633**	.075	.105	− .040	.240**	.209**	.266**
YBT-AN NDom leg	Sig. (bilateral)	.000	.000	.000		.000	.000	.324	.171	.601	.002	.006	.000
YBT-PM NDom leg	Pearson correlation	.525**	.818**	.774**	.549**	1	.802**	.044	.010	− .168*	.394**	.192*	.328**
YBT-PM NDom leg	Sig. (bilateral)	.000	.000	.000	.000		.000	.568	.894	.027	.000	.011	.000
YBT-PL NDom leg	Pearson correlation	.597**	.733**	.804**	.633**	.802**	1	.041	.008	− .153*	.486**	.228**	.430**
YBT-PL NDom leg	Sig. (bilateral)	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		.594	.922	.044	.000	.003	.000
Inter-limb asymmetry AN	Pearson correlation	.042	− .021	.026	.075	.044	.041	1	.311**	.103	.042	.063	.063
Inter-limb asymmetry AN	Sig. (bilateral)	.583	.781	.732	.324	.568	.594		.000	.179	.582	.411	.408
Inter-limb asymmetry PM	Pearson correlation	.070	− .202**	− .028	.105	.010	.008	.311**	1	.072	− .127	− .044	− .078
Inter-limb asymmetry PM	Sig. (bilateral)	.359	.008	.715	.171	.894	.922	.000		.345	.097	.562	.305
Inter-limb asymmetry PL	Pearson correlation	− .009	− .169*	− .209**	− .040	− .168*	− .153*	.103	.072	1	− .121	− .075	− .125
Inter-limb asymmetry PL	Sig. (bilateral)	.902	.026	.006	.601	.027	.044	.179	.345		.113	.328	.101
Category or level	Pearson correlation	.212**	.386**	.476**	.240**	.394**	.486**	.042	− .127	− .121	1	.390**	.949**
Category or level	Sig. (bilateral)	.005	.000	.000	.002	.000	.000	.582	.097	.113		.000	.000
Height	Pearson correlation	.223**	.196**	.198**	.209**	.192*	.228**	.063	− .044	− .075	.390**	1	.399**
Height	Sig. (bilateral)	.003	.010	.009	.006	.011	.003	.411	.562	.328	.000		.000
Age groups	Pearson correlation	.245**	.333**	.424**	.266**	.328**	.430**	.063	− .078	− .125	.949**	.399**	1
Age groups	Sig. (bilateral)	.001	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.408	.305	.101	.000	.000

**The correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (bilateral)
*The correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (bilateral)

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