| Abstract [eng] |
IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TRAINING TECHNIQUES ON FOOTBALL PLAYERS FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE IN THE RECOVERY PERIOD The aim of research work: To identify the impact of functional movements qualitative and quantitative parameters and injuries after the different football training techniques, applied in the recovery period. Research Tasks: 1. To evaluate and compare the performance of football players’ functional movement’s stereotype, dynamic balance and myofascial chains endurance before and after the application of different training programs, with the same evaluation completed after three months. 2. To evaluate and compare the occurrence of injuries between the groups of football players’ during the preparatory period and football matches. Materials and methods: After agreement of bioethics and researched players’. The research was conducted in the period of November 2014 – April 2016 in Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, The Department of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine Cathedral and Vilnius City Football Association Žalgiris sports team. A total of 30 players who were randomly divided into two groups: Group I consisted of 15 football players who have been subject to a recovery during fitness exercises in the gym, while in the second group – 15 footballers who had exercises on unstable surfaces in the recovery period. The groups were homogeneous. During the study individuals were tested three times. The following evaluation methods were chosen to receive study data: anthropometric measurements, qualitative functional movement screen tests. Quantitative indicators were used to assess the modified Star excursion balance test and Bunkie tests. Results: The average functional performance score of all football players was 13.6 ± 2.2. Group II had a statistically significant improvement during II and III testing (p < 0.05). The analysis of the dynamic balance of the data revealed that the average for all football complex rating was 88.5 ± 5.2 percent. The evaluation of Bunkie test results, found that the total football players result is 28.95 ± 5.3 seconds. Group I improved results on both sides of anterior power line test, posterior stabilizing line and right medial stabilizing line tests. Group II showed improvement in every test score except the right lateral stabilizing test. The study revealed that players who have undergone fitness exercising over 1,000 hours game has experienced an average of 3.2 injuries less than the players, who have been subject to unstable platforms. Nevertheless, statistically significant difference among the groups was not found. Conclusions: 1. After studying the data of qualitative and quantitative assessment of football players’ functional movements it was clarified that in the beginning of the study of functional movement test scores were below the recommended rates and it shows that players had higher risk to sustain injury: A. Total score of the functional movement assessment significantly improved only in II group of football players, who had the unstable surfaces method applied to them. The beneficial effect of this training method remained for three months after exposure, compared to baseline (p <0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in all stages of research between the groups comparing individual test results. B. Studying modified Star excursion balance test results statistically significant dynamic balance improvement was not found compared to baseline (p> 0.05). C. Bunkie tests were applied after the training and three months later. Results revealed that in the II group endurance of nine myofascial chains has improved (p <0.05), while in the I group significant improvement was found in four myofascial chains results (p < 0, 05). 2. Evaluating the risk of football players’ musculoskeletal system injuries during the preparatory period and football matches, statistically significant difference was not found. |
