20.500.12556/RUL-155489 The coronal alignment of lower limbs in the adolescent football and ice hockey players Background To investigate the influence of sport-specific activities on coronal axial alignment of the lower limbs in adolescent football and ice hockey players. Methods This cross-sectional study targeted healthy adolescent male football and ice hockey players with at least 3 years of sports participation. 90 football and 38 ice hockey players aged 12–16 years were divided into five age-matched subgroups. Coronal alignment of the lower limbs was determined by measuring the players' intercondylar or intermalleolar (ICD-IMD) distance with a custom-made calliper. In addition, their sports history was recorded. An age-matched comparison between the two sports groups was performed using the two-way model ANOVA and a multiple regression model for ICD-IMD was constructed. Results were additionally compared with age-matched data from the general population published in recent literature. Results A statistically significant increase in ICD-IMD values (p < 0.05) was found between 12 (football 0 mm; ice hockey − 64 mm) and 16 years (football 340 mm; ice hockey 310 mm) in both sports groups. Results of regression analysis of pooled group data showed that ICD-IMD has low positive correlation (r = 0.407; r2 = 0.168; p < 0.05) with time of participation in sport, but no association with age of athletes at the start of their sport participation (r = − 0.018; r2 = 0.000; p > 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups at any time point. Both sports groups showed a significant increase in ICD-IMD values (mean 198 mm) after the age of 14 compared to the general population. Conclusions Participation in football and ice hockey is associated with a similar increase in ICD-IMD in the adolescent years in male athletes. The observed increase was higher in both groups of athletes than in their peers who do not regularly participate in sports. coronal alignment lower limbs varus bowlegs football ice hockey adolescent male true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2024-04-04 13:11:50 2024-04-04 13:11:51 2024-04-05 03:46:23 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 176-181 no. 2 Vol. 58 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-01-01 616.7 1998-3727 10.1007/s43465-023-01061-8 177193219 s43465-023-01061-8.pdf s43465-023-01061-8.pdf 1 FD4FD22F5CB68CCBC3A2FDC2E246854E 5a6ae29802b4e419ed39e07ae55b2769ebf246604ab921467eb64d0623cae62c ad407103-f274-11ee-87dd-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=182415 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43465-023-01061-8 1 22d18b86-f274-11ee-87dd-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=182414 Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0