Core training and motion capacity: a study on joint range in amateur soccer

Year 2023, , 287 - 292, 30.12.2023

Osman Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.1376952

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of core training on functional movement capacity and range of motion in amateur soccer players. Twenty-nine amateur male volunteer soccer players participated in the study, including the experimental group (n = 15; age = 20.13 ± 1.55) and the control group (n = 14; age = 19.39 ± 1.08). The assumption of normality was made by employing the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The independent sample t-test was employed due to the normal distribution of the data. Statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in FMS, hip extension right-left, hip abduction right-left, hip internal rotation left, hip external rotation right-left, shoulder hyperextension right-left, ankle dorsiflexion right-left, and ankle plantar flexion right-left (P<0.05). No significant differences were found in the right-left knee flexion, right-left hip flexion, and right hip external rotation (P>0.05). According to the results of the study, core training improved FMS, hip extension right-left, hip abduction right-left, hip internal rotation left, hip external rotation right-left, shoulder hyperextension right-left, ankle dorsiflexion right-left, and ankle plantar flexion right-left range of motion parameters. These results suggest that including core training in the program is highly effective in improving the FMS and ROM in young soccer players.

Keywords

Core exercise, functional movement screening, range of motion, soccer

Project Number

21.06.2023- E.125484

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