The effects of injury prevention programs on anthropometric factors inprofessional male soccer players

摘要

Anthropometric factors such as body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), wiast and hip circumference are indices for predicting of health problems such as obesity and cardiovascular risk. This aim of this study was to investigate the effects of injury prevention warm-up programs on anthropometric factors measures of professional male soccer players. The young soccer players (U21 old-years-age) soccer player assigned into the 11+, HarmoKnee(HK) and control groups. The anthropometric factors carried out were: weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference and WHR. The results showed significant differences between the 11+ (p=0.049) and HK (p=0.019) compared to the control group in waist circumferences. Significant difference was found between the 11+ (p=0.03) compared to the control group in WHR. It concluded that the 11+ is more beneficial than HK for improving WHR. This data can be useful for coaches and trainer and clubs for designing and using the best prevention program.