@article{ref1,
title="Dynamic postural stability in young adolescent male and female athletes",
journal="Pediatric physical therapy",
year="2014",
author="Holden, Sinéad and Boreham, Colin and Doherty, Cailbhe and Wang, Dan and Delahunt, Eamonn",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="447-452",
abstract="PURPOSE:: To investigate dynamic postural stability performance of young adolescent athletes. <br><br>METHODS:: Eighty-nine male and 81 female athletes participated. Each participant performed 3 trials of the anterior, posterior-medial, and posterior-lateral reach directions of the Star Excursion Balance Test on each limb. Distance achieved for each direction was expressed as a percentage of leg length, with the composite reach distance of these directions being used for statistical analysis. <br><br>RESULTS:: No significant interaction effect for sex and limb dominance (P >.05) was found, nor was a significant main effect for sex or limb dominance (P >.05) observed. Notably, the composite reach distance achieved by both male and female athletes was less than 94% of leg length, a value that has previously been identified for increased injury risk in adolescent athletes. <br><br>CONCLUSION:: Further longitudinal research is needed to fully understand how dynamic postural stability changes over adolescence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0898-5669",
doi="10.1097/PEP.0000000000000071",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000000071"
}