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Citation

Salgado E, Ribeiro F, Oliveira J. Knee 2015; 22(3): 243-248.

Affiliation

University of Porto, Faculty of Sport, Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: joliveira@fade.up.pt.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.knee.2014.10.002

PMID

25864146

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The demands to which football (soccer) players are exposed during the match may augment the risk of injury by decreasing the sense of joint position. This study aimed to assess the effect of pre-participation warm-up and fatigue induced by an official football match on the knee-joint-position sense of football players.

METHODS: Fourteen semi-professional male football players (mean age: 25.9±4.6years old) volunteered in this study. The main outcome measures were rate of perceived exertion and knee-joint-position sense assessed at rest, immediately after a standard warm-up (duration 25min), and immediately after a competitive football match (90minutes duration).

RESULTS: Perceived exertion increased significantly from rest to the other assessments (rest: 8.6±2.0; after warm-up: 12.1±2.1; after football match: 18.5±1.3; p<0.001). Compared to rest, absolute angular error decreased significantly after the warm-up (4.1°±2.2° vs. 2.0°±1.0°; p=0.0045). After the match, absolute angular error (8.7°±3.8°) increased significantly comparatively to both rest (p=0.001) and the end of warm-up (p<0.001). Relative error showed directional bias with an underestimation of the target position, which was higher after the football match compared to both rest (p<0.001) and after warm-up (p<0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that knee-joint-position sense acuity was increased by pre-participation warm-up exercise and was decreased by football match-induced fatigue. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Warm-up exercises could contribute to knee injury prevention, whereas the deleterious effect of match-induced fatigue on the sensorimotor system could ultimately contribute to knee instability and injury.


Language: en

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