Flaviane Cristina Rocha Cesar, Lizete Malagoni de Almeida Cavalcante Oliveira, Mariana Cristyen Galvão, Ana Luiza Andrade Lacerda
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International journal of environmental research and public health
study aimed investigate hamstring flexibility rate among prepubertal soccer players u8 u12 role age soccer years practice course hamstring flexibility six hundred eleven young italian soccer players local soccer school turin recruited research assigned group according chronological age u8 124 players u9 130 players u10 151 players u11 89 players u12 120 players hamstring flexibility measured using sit reach test sar data analysis run using oneway analysis variance oneway anova furthermore tuckeys post hoc used determine differences among classes age finally bivariate ordinal regression analysis used evaluate potential association age categories hamstrings flexibility addition multivariable ordinal regression used analyze relationship adjusted body mass index bmi oneway anova showed significant differences flexibility among groups f 3276 p 00001 tuckeys post hoc identified significant differences u8 u10 p 001 239 cm hamstring stretching u8 u11 p 005 219 cm u8 u12 p 00001 590 u9 u12 p 00001 498 cm u10 u12 p 00001 35 cm u11 u12 p 0001 370 cm bivariate ordinal regression analysis negative association age categories hamstrings flexibility r2 0137 p 00001 association persisted multivariable ordinal regression analysis adjusted bmi r2 0138 p 00001 study underlines changes hamstring flexibility across different age groups prepubertal soccer players older experienced soccer less flexible younger considering hamstring muscles thus appropriate stretching protocols included prepubertal soccer training avoid risk lead players excess hamstring tightness