ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2025
Strength and dynamic balance performance in soccer players in the United States: age, sex, and bilateral differences.
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- Relationships between four-directional postural deviations, lower extremity muscle strength, and anthropometric characteristics in soccer players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
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Quantification of asymmetries between the two limbs is informative in assessing the risk of injury and performance deficits, but there is a paucity of studies investigating the effects of age and sex on bilateral asymmetry in young soccer players. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the effects of age and sex on strength and dynamic balance in 7- to 24-year-old soccer players in the United States. A total of 174 young soccer players participated in the study (Age 7-9 years: 26 females and 16 males; Age 10-12 years: 32 females and 31 males; Age 13-17 years: 17 females and 25 males; Age >18 years: 13 females and 14 males). Jump displacement, peak force, and asymmetry during countermovement jump with arm swing and landing, peak force and asymmetry during push-up, and normalized reaching distances for upper and lower extremity reaching tests were quantified. Preferred legs and arms were defined as the preferred kicking leg or throwing arm. As age increased, both preferred and non-preferred sides demonstrated decreased landing forces, increased jump displacement, and increased normalized peak forces during push-ups in both males and females (
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