Evaluación y análisis del morfotipo raquídeo del futbolista juvenil y amateur

It is carried out an analysis of spine morpho-type of young players (n = 100) from juvenile and amateur categories (from 16 to 25 years) belonging to two football schools in Salamanca. The results are compared with those from a group of “non-players” madep up of university students (n = 37) of similar age who practice no ruled sport. By means of a physiotherapic valuation, the sagital arrows of cervical and lumbar bow are obtained and it is evaluated the degree of flexibility and elasticity of myo-tendon structure of the posterior kinetic muscular chain (CRP) through the following tests: Ott's test, Schöber's test, biped flexión test or “toes-ground distance”(DDS) and “sit and reach” test. Data are written down in an individual register to their later analysis. The results determine a characteristic spine morpho-type of the juvenile and amateur football player where appears a tendency towards lumbar hyperlordosis (5,5 ± 1,1 cm); a higher analytic flexibility of lumbar spine (5,8 ± 0,7 cm) and a higher global elasticity of the CRP (1,8 ± 9,3 cm at DDS test and 3,7 ± 9,4 cm at the“sit and reach”test) comparing them with non-playersindividuals (4,8 ± 0,9 cm; 5,1 ± 1,0 cm; −3,7 ± 10,0 cm; and 0,0 ± 9,4 cm respectively). In the same way, the comparative analysis of the results obtained at DDS test and “sit and reach” test (numerically higher in all cases for the “sit and reach” test) shows the important influence of the capsule-ligaments elements' spreadability and the myo-fascial structures' elasticity implied at the valuation of the global elasticity of the CRP.