Evaluation of body mechanics of top class Bahraini soccer players

ABSTRACT

Forty-three top-class Bahraini football players and fifty randomly selected male Bahraini university students were studied to investigate the occurrence of postural deviations specific to football. The standing posture of the subjects was measured utilising the Skan-a-graph posture test and the New York State Posture Rating test from photographs and in vivo. The comparison between active players and the control group revealed no significant difference between the two groups. The results of these data suggest that a longitudinal study is necessary to establish both the cause and the time when postural deformities appear during the growth period of the long bones