Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season?
# Background Collegiate distance runners often suffer from running overuse injuries (ROI). The Y-Balance Test (YBT) has the potential to predict ROI risk in collegiate runners. # Purpose To investigate whether a preseason clinical assessment of dynamic balance, through a modified version of the Y...
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2021-12-01
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| description | # Background
Collegiate distance runners often suffer from running overuse injuries (ROI). The Y-Balance Test (YBT) has the potential to predict ROI risk in collegiate runners.
# Purpose
To investigate whether a preseason clinical assessment of dynamic balance, through a modified version of the YBT (mYBT), can predict risk of ROIs during one NCAA Division I cross-country (XC) season.
# Study Design
Prospective case-control study
# Methods
Participants from a Division I XC team were screened for mYBT performance in four directions: anterior (AN), posteromedial (PM), posterolateral (PL), and posterior (PO). ROIs were tracked over the course of the XC season. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis (α = 0.05) was utilized to investigate the effectiveness of the mYBT in predicting injury risk.
# Results
Nine (5 female, 4 male) of 29 runners developed an ROI during the XC season. Five components of the mYBT were found to predict injuries, including normalized nondominant PO score (AUC = 0.756, p = 0.03; RR = 1.90), AN raw difference and limb asymmetry (AUC = 0.808, p = 0.01), and PM raw difference and limb asymmetry in males (AUC = 0.958, p = 0.02).
# Conclusion
Specific components of the mYBT can help predict the risk of developing a running overuse injury over one Division I XC season.
# Level of Evidence
Screening, Level 3 |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ea0ffeb26e6e4ddfbf9670171a47b97c2025-02-11T20:29:56ZengNorth American Sports Medicine InstituteInternational Journal of Sports Physical Therapy2159-28962021-12-01166Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season?Hanz TaoCreighton ThompsonSteven Weber# Background Collegiate distance runners often suffer from running overuse injuries (ROI). The Y-Balance Test (YBT) has the potential to predict ROI risk in collegiate runners. # Purpose To investigate whether a preseason clinical assessment of dynamic balance, through a modified version of the YBT (mYBT), can predict risk of ROIs during one NCAA Division I cross-country (XC) season. # Study Design Prospective case-control study # Methods Participants from a Division I XC team were screened for mYBT performance in four directions: anterior (AN), posteromedial (PM), posterolateral (PL), and posterior (PO). ROIs were tracked over the course of the XC season. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis (α = 0.05) was utilized to investigate the effectiveness of the mYBT in predicting injury risk. # Results Nine (5 female, 4 male) of 29 runners developed an ROI during the XC season. Five components of the mYBT were found to predict injuries, including normalized nondominant PO score (AUC = 0.756, p = 0.03; RR = 1.90), AN raw difference and limb asymmetry (AUC = 0.808, p = 0.01), and PM raw difference and limb asymmetry in males (AUC = 0.958, p = 0.02). # Conclusion Specific components of the mYBT can help predict the risk of developing a running overuse injury over one Division I XC season. # Level of Evidence Screening, Level 3https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.29871 |
| spellingShingle | Hanz Tao Creighton Thompson Steven Weber Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season? International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy |
| title | Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season? |
| title_full | Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season? |
| title_fullStr | Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season? |
| title_short | Can a Modified Y-Balance Test Predict Running Overuse Injuries over the Course of a Division I Collegiate Cross-Country Season? |
| title_sort | can a modified y balance test predict running overuse injuries over the course of a division i collegiate cross country season |
| url | https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.29871 |
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