Clinical Implications of Hand Position and Lower Limb Length Measurement Method on Y-Balance Test Scores and Interpretations.

ABSTRACT:

Context

  The Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (LQ-YBT) was developed to provide an effective and efficient screen for injury risk in sports. Earlier protocol recommendations for the LQ-YBT involved the athlete placing the hands on the hips and the clinician normalizing scores to lower limb length measured from the anterior-superior iliac spine to the lateral malleolus. The updated LQ-YBT protocol recommends the athlete's hands be free moving and the clinician measure lower limb length to the medial malleolus.

Objective

  To investigate the effect of hand position and lower limb length measurement method on LQ-YBT scores and their interpretation.

Design

  Cross-sectional study.

Setting

  National Sports Institute of Malaysia.

Patients or other participants

 

SUBMITTER: Hebert-Losier K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687235 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature