The effect of preventive programme on functional ability and risk factors in young male football players

The Effect of Preventive Programme on Functional Ability and Risk Factors in Young Male Football Players The author: Viktorija Jankauskaitė Academic advisor: Assistant Lina Budrienė The aim of researh work: to determine the prevalence of sport injuries, risk factors and evaluate the effect of preventive programme on functional ability in 13-15 years old football players. Tasks of work: 1. To determine incidence of sport injuries in 13-15 years old football players. 2. To evaluate and compare the change of functional movement before and after preventive programme. 3. To evaluate and compare the change of static trunk muscle endurance before and after preventive programme. 4. To evaluate and compare the change of isometric lower-extremity muscle strenght before and after preventive programme. Materials and methods. 40 young football players of Children Academy „Žalgirietis“ participated in the research, which was held from December 2016 to March 2017. Two groups were composed: intervention group (n=20) aged 14.1 ± 0.8 and control group (n=20) aged 14.4 ± 0.7. Data about sport injuries was collected through questionnaire, functional movements were assessed on the basis of Functional Movement Screen, static trunk muscle endurance was rated using the McGill (2002) methodology, strenght of knee flexors and extensors was assessed by using hand-held dynamometer Lafayette. After the first examination, 8 weeks preventive programme was applied to an intervention group, followed by the second examination. Data analysis was done in “Microsoft Excel 2010” program and “R Commander 3.3.2.” package. Results and conclusions. 83 % of all football players (n=40) have had a sport injury in their history, from which 38 % were jump-landing action. The most common injured were knee, ankle and back. After the application of the programme established statistically significant positive change in Total Score of FMS, lower injury risk, trunk rotary stability, lower asymmetry score (p0,05). Preventive programme has had significant positive effect on left and right leg knee flexors/knee extensors ratio; left knee flexors, right knee flexors and right knee extensors muscles strenght (p0,05)