A correlational study on screening evaluation results and actual sports injuries among high school baseball players

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Allied Health and Rehabilitation Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 13 - 20
• Main Authors: Kisaichi, Naoto, Ishitani, Hayato, Tame, Kazuya, Kawasaki, Tomoko, Koseki, Hirohisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Senmon Rehabilitation Kenkyukai 2021
• Subjects: baseball players; screening evaluation; sports injury
• ISSN: 1347-2550; 2434-7124
• DOI: 10.34454/senmonreha.20.1_13

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between whole body screening evaluation (SE) and sports injuries and to examine the practicality of SE in sports.Method: Fifty-seven baseball players divided into the sports injury group (n=27) and non-disability group (n=30) participated in the study. Whole body SE comprised was comprised of the ①shoulder joint internal and external rotation test (SJIERT), ②latissimus dorsi muscle test (LDMT), ③trunk rotation test (TRT), ④finger-floor distance test (FFDT), ⑤hip joint open leg test (HJOLT), ⑥squat test (ST), ⑦combined abduction test (CAT), ⑧horizontal flexion test (HFT), ⑨straight leg raising test (SLRT), ⑩gluteal muscles test (GMT), and ⑪heel-buttock distance test (HBD). The difference in positive rate between the two groups was compared using the χ2 test.Results: The HFT, ST, and HBD results of the sports injury group showed a significantly higher positive rate than the non-disabled group (p＜0.05). There was no significant difference in other SE tests between the two groups.Conclusion: ST, SLRT and HBD SEs for baseball players is considered practical in the field of sports.