Assessing the Single Leg Bridge Test performance among women’s soccer professional athletes

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2024年3月1日

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Matheus Carriel Rolim,
Leonardo Luiz Barretti Secchi,
Ariane Lopes dos Santos,
Thais Ortiz de Oliveira,
Leticia Oscar Ribas,
Bruno Manfredini Baroni,
Fabricio Rapello

摘要

Purpose

To describe the Single Leg Bridge Test (SLBT) of women’s soccer professional athletes.

Design and settings

Cross-sectional study. On-field assessment.

Methods

Professional athletes from four elite women’s soccer teams enrolled in the First Division Brazilian Women’s Soccer Championship.

Main outcome measures

SLBT score and the limb symmetry index (LSI).

Results

One hundred twenty-one athletes (two hundred forty-two limbs) took part in this study. They had a SLBT score of 33 ± 12 repetitions (95% CI 31 to 34 repetitions), ranging from 11 to 70 repetitions. No significant difference was found between dominant and non-dominant limbs (p = 0.816). Athletes presented an LSI of 104 ± 20% (95% CI 100.2% to 107.4%). SLBT score had no significant correlation with athletes’ age, while a poor negative correlation (r < 0.5) was found between SLBT score and athletes’ body mass and height.

Conclusion

This pioneering study identified an average SLBT score of 33 repetitions for women’s soccer professional athletes. Despite a diverse range of performance on the SLBT, limb dominance, age, body mass, or height do not strongly correlate with the score.