dc.contributor.author | Swaris, TIS | |
dc.contributor.author | Jayasinghe, HWUS | |
dc.contributor.author | Weerasooriya, DS | |
dc.contributor.author | Maura, NVD | |
dc.contributor.author | Bandara, IMS | |
dc.contributor.author | Disanayake, DMKH | |
dc.contributor.author | Perera, ADP | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-31T20:53:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-31T20:53:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/2966 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract. The purpose of this study was to
investigate how quadriceps and hamstring
muscle strengths associate with low back
pain (LBP) due to non-contact injuries
among 102 fast bowlers aged between 15-19
years at Colombo division 1 boys’ schools in
Sri Lanka. Eighty-five fast bowlers were
fulfilled the requirements and an interviewer
administered questionnaire was used to
gather the demographic data regarding
general characteristics and the severity of
low back pain respectively. Bowlers were
prospectively monitored over the
competition period of 2019 cricket season
and the quadriceps and hamstring muscle
strengths were recorded. SPSS software was
used to analyse the data. Thirty-seven
(43.5%) of the subjects were presented with
LBP due to non-contact injuries. Reduction of
quadriceps strength of dominant side leg and
hamstring strength of non-dominant side leg
were found to be significantly associated
with LBP (P<0.05). Conflicting results were
found for the association of quadriceps
strength of non-dominant side leg and
hamstring strength of dominant side leg with
LBP (P>0.05). There was a significant
difference for the quadriceps strength of
dominant side leg and hamstring strength of
non-dominant side leg between the fast
bowlers with and without lower back pain.
The results concluded that reduced
quadriceps muscle strength of dominant side
leg and reduced hamstring muscle strength
of non-dominant side leg have an important
role in predisposing a fast bowler to have an
increase in low back pain which occurred due to
non-contact injuries. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | quadriceps strength, hamstring strength, low back pain, non-contact injuries, fast bowlers, age 15-19 years | en_US |
dc.title | Association of quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths with low back pain due to non-contact injuries among fast bowlers aged between 15 – 19 years in division 1 boys’ schools in Colombo | en_US |
dc.type | Article Full Text | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | 13th International Research Conference General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos | 204-209 | en_US |