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Inter limb asymmetry in athletic groin pain and rugby union players

Gore, Shane orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3077-2787, Marshall, Brendan, Richter, Chris orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-6017-1520, Franklyn-Miller, Andrew orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7826-2209, Undheim, Marit, Moran, Kieran orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2015-8967 and Falvey, Eanna (2014) Inter limb asymmetry in athletic groin pain and rugby union players. In: 32 International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports (2014), 12-16 Jul 2014, Johnson City, TN..

Abstract
This study compared levels of inter limb asymmetry between field sports players with athletic groin pain (n=15) and international rugby union players (n=15). Three dimensional kinematics and kinetics were recorded for the single leg drop landing and side cut movement. A series of t-tests identified significantly (p<0.05) greater asymmetry in hip abduction-adduction moments for the rugby union group during the single leg drop landing task. All other variables were non-significantly different between the groups examined. These results suggest that asymmetry may not be an important factor in the examination of athletic groin pain. Future studies should investigate if asymmetrical abduction-adduction hip moments are a risk factor for injury in rugby union.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Athletic groin pain; Rugby union; Asymmetry
Subjects:Medical Sciences > Kinesiology
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Health and Human Performance
Research Initiatives and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:21195
Deposited On:08 Sep 2016 10:41 by Kieran Moran . Last Modified 30 Jan 2019 12:26
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