Investigation of the effects of low back pain and motor control influence on sports performance in football players

Football is the most popular sport played by men and women, children and adults of different skill levels. Low back pain affects 60-90% of the world's population, inculuding professional athletes, and it is an increasing problem. In elite football players, low back pain is the fourth most common injury and the most frequently reported overuse injury. When compared football players have a history of low back pain to players have not history of low back pain, changes in lumbopelvic motor control observed. However, the effects of motor control changes on trunk endurance and stability, agility, static and dynamic balance and kinetic chain, which are important parameters for performance in football players, are unknown. Determining these changes in football players in the early period is important to prevent sports performance interruption because of injuries and to provide consistency of the sports career. To this knowledge, in this study the effects of motor control changes on the performance parameters will be evaluated. At least 60 volunteer athletes who playing football at least 3 years, not away from field more than 2 weeks, 16 years and older are planned to include this study. All participating athletes in this study will be signed an informed consent form then their demographic information will be recorded. To evaluate disability due to low back pain, musculoskeletal problems and the willingness to participate in sports will be used the Oswestry Disability İndex, the Nordic Musculoskeletal System questionnaire and the Sport Motivation Scale-2, respectively. The motor control levels of the athletes will be assesed with the motor control test battery (MCTB), the core stability with the Sahrmann's core stability test, core muscles endurance with the sport-specific endurance plank test and side bridge endurance test, the static balance with the stand stork test, the dynamic balance with the lower quadrant y balance test, postural changes with the Corbin Posture Rating Scale, the agility with the modified hexagon test, and the kinetic chain with the functional movement screen.