The effect of limb dominance on lower limb functional performance–a systematic review

TM Mcgrath, G Waddington, JM Scarvell… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Lower limb dominance (or lateral preference) could potentially effect functional performance.
Clinicians are often asked to make judgements as to when a patient has sufficiently …

A brief review of selected biomechanical variables for sport performance monitoring and training optimization

J Pleša, Ž Kozinc, N Šarabon - Applied Mechanics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traditional neuromuscular tests (eg, jum** and sprinting tasks) are useful to assess
athletic performance, but the basic outcomes (eg, jump height, sprint time) offer only a …

Lower limb strength in professional soccer players: profile, asymmetry, and training age

K Fousekis, E Tsepis… - Journal of sports science & …, 2010 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kicking and cutting skills in soccer are clearly unilateral, require asymmetrical motor patterns
and lead to the development of asymmetrical adaptations in the musculoskeletal function of …

Intrinsic risk factors of noncontact ankle sprains in soccer: a prospective study on 100 professional players

K Fousekis, E Tsepis… - The American journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Ankle sprain is an extremely common injury in soccer players. Despite
extensive research, the intrinsic cause of this injury under noncontact conditions remains …

Lower limb neuromuscular asymmetry in volleyball and basketball players

A Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, G Gual… - Journal of human …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the agreement between the
dominant leg (DL)(determined subjectively) and the stronger leg (SL)(determined via a …

Inter-limb asymmetries are associated with decrements in physical performance in youth elite team sports athletes

A Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, C Bishop, B Buscà… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Actually, there is scarce literature looking for the relationship between inter-limb
asymmetries and performance in youth elite team sports. The main purpose of this cross …

Countermovement jump performance is related to ankle flexibility and knee extensors torque in female adolescent volleyball athletes

V Panoutsakopoulos, E Bassa - Journal of Functional Morphology and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ankle flexibility and isokinetic knee torque/power generating capacity were previously
suggested to contribute or to be correlated to the vertical countermovement jump (CMJ) …

[PDF][PDF] Multivariate isokinetic strength asymmetries of the knee and ankle in professional soccer players

K Fousekis, E Tsepis, G Vagenas - J Sports Med Phys Fitness, 2010 - researchgate.net
Aim. Soccer players possess various degrees of functional footedness. Their lower limbs are
subjected to consistent asymmetrical workloads and neuromuscular adaptations, and as a …

Neuromuscular asymmetries in the lower limbs of elite female youth basketball players and the application of the skillful limb model of comparison

A Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, AM Montalvo… - Physical therapy in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Compare the ability of commonly used comparison models to detect
neuromuscular asymmetries. A secondary purpose was to determine which neuromuscular …

Isokinetic assessment of muscular strength and balance in Brazilian elite futsal players

RFH Nunes, RA Dellagrana… - … Journal of Sports …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose/Background Strength asymmetries are related to knee injuries in intermittent sports
players. The purpose of this study was to examine whether elite futsal players demonstrate …