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Comparison of the Effect of Core Stability and Neuromuscular Exercises on Lower Limb Alignment and Functional Movement Screening of Elite Karate Athletes

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Rahimi 1
Saeed Roshanmehr 2
Hashem Piri 3
1 Assistant Professor of Corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.
2 MSc student of Sports Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Department of Physical Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor of Corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
10.48301/kssa.2022.329223.2001
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the effect of core stability and neuromuscular exercises on functional movement screening test and lower limb alignment of elite karate athletes. The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population of the study consisted of elite male Karate athletes aged 20 to 35 years and the research sample consisted of 45 Karate athletes in Tehran Province. After performing functional movement screening test and measuring lower limb alignment, the participants were randomly divided into three groups: control, experimental 1 and experimental 2. The control group performed common karate exercises, experimental 1 executed core stability exercises and experimental 2 accomplished neuromuscular exercises for 8 weeks. Analysis of variance and paired t-test were used to analyze the data.  The results of the paired t-test showed the effects of neuromuscular training program (P=0.006) and core stability (P=0.001) on the overall FMS score, but the effect of these exercises was not significant on Q angle (P≥0.05). The results of the analysis of variance showed that after controlling the effect of pre-test, there was a significant difference in post-test between the three groups in the overall FMS score (P≤0.05), but this difference was not significant in the post-test between the research groups with regard to the Q angle (P=0.624). Therefore, due to the importance of functional movement screening test in pre-season evaluations and prevention of sports injuries, we recommend trainers to use these exercises in karate training programs.
Keywords
Karate Athletes
Lower Extremity Alignment
Neuromuscular Training
Core Stability Training
Functional Movement Screening
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Karafan Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 - Serial Number 62
Humanities
Summer 2023
Pages 657-675

  • Receive Date 22 February 2022
  • Revise Date 21 September 2022
  • Accept Date 25 October 2022