Balance abilities of junior ice hockey players.

Autor/inn/en	Ondra, Lukas; Svoboda, Zdenek
Titel	Balance abilities of junior ice hockey players. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Gleichgewichtsfähigkeiten von Junior-Eishockeyspielern.
Quelle	In: Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 61 (2021) 2, S. 183-187 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4707; 1827-1928
DOI	10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11057-0
Schlagwörter	Beeinflussung; Leistungsfähigkeit; Motorische Leistungsfähigkeit; Test; Beeinflussung; Eishockey; Kraftmessung; Leistungsfähigkeit; Sportspiel; Stabilität; Test; Gleichgewicht; Leistung; Haltung; Sportart; Trainingslehre; Gleichgewichtssinn; Leistungsniveau; Gleichgewichtssinn; Gleichgewichtsübung; Kraftmessung; Balance; Eishockey; Gleichgewicht; Haltung; Kinder- und Jugendsport; Körperhaltung; Sportart; Sportspiel; Trainingslehre; Leistung; Stabilität
Abstract	BACKGROUND: Postural control is required during various fast-paced and offensive ice hockey actions, and therefore seems to be an important component in ice hockey performance. METHODS: Data were collected from two ice hockey teams with differing performance levels. The higher-performance team consisted of 26 players (with ages of 16.3+/-0.9 y, heights of 178.26+/-6.71 cm, and weights of 74.3+/-9.6 kg). The lower-performance team consisted of 19 players (with ages of 16.2+/-1.8 y, heights of 176.11+/-9.81 cm, and weights of 68.7+/-13.9 kg). Each participant performed six unilateral stances under static conditions on a balance pad placed on a force platform and five bilateral stances under dynamic conditions using a wobble board placed on the force platform. RESULTS: The higher-level players performed better in the unilateral static stance task in both the anterior-posterior direction and the medial-lateral direction (with a P value of P(0.001), and total velocity (P=0.001). The higher-level players also performed better in both the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions, and total velocity (with P value of P(0.001), in the bilateral dynamic stance task and therefore performed significantly better than the lower-level players. CONCLUSIONS: Hockey players who possess a highly developed postural control strategy have a superior ability to compensate for unexpected postural disturbances and collisions, and thus possess a strong competitive advantage. Therefore, testing the balance abilities of hockey players under static and dynamic conditions may be useful for evaluating their competitive performance levels. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2022/3