COMPARISON OF ENDURANCE AND BALANCE OF DOMINANT AND NON-DOMINANT LEGS IN YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Basketball is one of the most popular physical activities in the world which currently, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has ۲۱۲ countries and ۴۵۰ million members. A high percentage of injuries between ۳۵.۹% and ۹۲% have been reported in this sport. Most injuries of young basketball players have been reported in the lower limbs and especially in the ankles, which there are in the form of muscle strains, ligament strains, or muscle hemorrhage. Ankle sprains is the most common acute musculoskeletal injury at all levels of basketball that in the most common form the sole rotates inward when one player strikes another. One-legged endurance and balance play an essential role in preventing ankle injuries. muscular endurance is closely related to muscle strength, including the ability to perform repetitive contractions (dynamic endurance) and a long-term contraction (static endurance). On the other hands, balance is the most crucial element in determining movement strategies in the closed chain movement. Therefore, to predict the probability of injury and compare dominant and non-dominant legs in these two variables, the aims of this study aims are to compare the endurance and balance of dominant and non-dominant legs in young basketball players.current study was quasi-experimental research that ۷۵ young basketball players aged ۱۶ to ۱۸ years old with the right dominant foot and hand were randomly selected. Then endurance and one-legged balance were assessed by inclinometer test and using a foot scanner, respectively. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and independent t-tests were used for statistical analysis.findings of current study showed that the amount of endurance and balance of non-dominant foot is higher than dominant foot (p <۰.۰۵).Maybe the significance difference between dominant and non-dominant foot in basketball players due to that in basketball, jumps and lands are made more with non-dominant foot, unlike football that often uses dominant foot, and this issue is repeated so much that affects endurance and balance of non-dominant foot, that they are even more than the dominant foot.It seems that basketball increases the endurance and balance of non-dominant foot rather than dominant foot.

کلیدواژه ها:

dominant and non-dominant foot ، endurance ، single foot balance ، basketball