COMPARISON of LOWER QUARTER Y-BALANCE TEST SCORES for FEMALE COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS BASED on COMPETITION LEVEL, POSITION, and STARTER STATUS.

摘要: Background The Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT-LQ) is used by sports medicine professionals to measure an athlete's dynamic balance. YBT-LQ clinicians track recovery during clinical rehabilitation, assess readiness return sport after injury, and identify athletes potentially at-risk for a time-loss injury. Normative data the are lacking female collegiate volleyball (VB) players. purpose of this study was examine preseason scores their relationships level competition, starter status, player position, prior lower quadrant (i.e., low back extremities) injury history. Methods One-hundred thirty-four VB players (mean age = 19.3 ± 1.1 years) representing from three levels competition (D II 32, D III 77, NAIA 25) participated in study. Athletes reported history performed testing protocol. Results demonstrated significantly greater reach measures on than several directions. Starters five out eight Liberos/defensive specialists/setters posterolateral composite bilaterally. There no difference based (low Conclusion This provides normative presented report may be coaches rehabilitation when evaluating balance healthy compare injured norms. Level evidence 3b.