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The association of hip strength and flexibility with the incidence of adductor muscle strains in professional ice hockey players
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Tyler TF, Nicholas SJ, Campbell RJ, McHugh MP.
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Am J Sports Med. 2001 Mar-Apr;29(2):124-8.
This prospective study was conducted to determine whether hip muscle strength and
flexibility play a role in the incidence of adductor and hip flexor strains in
National Hockey League ice hockey team players. Hip flexion, abduction, and
adduction strength were measured in 81 players before two consecutive seasons.
Thirty-four players were cut, traded, or sent to the minor league before the
beginning of the season. Injury and individual exposure data were recorded for
the remaining 47 players. Eight players experienced 11 adductor muscle strains,
and there were 4 hip flexor strains. Preseason hip adduction strength was 18%
lower in the players who subsequently sustained an adductor muscle strain
compared with that of uninjured players. Adduction strength was 95% of abduction
strength in the uninjured players but only 78% of abduction strength in the
injured players. Preseason hip adductor flexibility was not different between
players who sustained adductor muscle strains and those who did not. These
results indicate that preseason hip strength testing of professional ice hockey
players can identify players at risk of developing adductor muscle strains. A
player was 17 times more likely to sustain an adductor muscle strain if his
adductor strength was less than 80% of his abductor strength.