Effect of Reduced Ankle Mobility on Jumping Performance in Young Athletes

• Autor(a) principal: Godinho,Ismael
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Pinheiro,Bruno Nobre, Scipião Júnior,Lino D. G., Lucas,Gabriela Chaves, Cavalcante,Jurandir Fernandes, Monteiro,Gabriéla Matos, Uchoa,Paulo André Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-107X2019000200006
• topic: Mobility; Ankle; Performance; Jump

The objective of this study was to analyse the effects of the reduction of ankle mobility on the jumping performance of young soccer athletes, through a validated jump platform valued and test. Twenty-one soccer players (16.19±0.60 years old, 67.26±5.94 kg weight, 173.81±8.15cm height, 11.29±5.37% estimated body fat, and 8.76±2.70 years of soccer practice) were evaluated and tested for vertical jump performance. Goniometry and Knee-to-Wall tests were adopted in order to evaluate movement, and a jump platform was used to evaluate performance. The performance in Counter Movement Jump test correlated positively and significantly not only with right dorsiflexion test but also right Knee-to-Wall test (r = 0.576; p = 0.006, r = 0.513, p = 0.17, respectively). Right Knee-to-Wall is correlated with left Knee-to-Wall (r = 0,816 p = 0,001). Based on the presented data, the vertical jump is impaired by the ankles' mobility deficit.