Analysis of decompensation between the lower extremities in badminton players

Summary

In this work, an analysis of decompensation between the lower extremities in badminton players has been carried out, taking into account several variables.

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to verify whether there are muscular decompensations based on anatomical differentiation: right and left, and based on lateral dominance: dominant and non-dominant, of the lower extremities in badminton players. Another of the objectives is to verify the differences in the vertical force between both extremities taking into account both functions, to also verify the differences in the anteroposterior force between both extremities with these same functions and to analyze if any of the different variables extracted from the applied test serve to identify a muscular decompensation in the lower extremities.

Methodology: nine badminton players from the CETD and CARD of Madrid participated in this study, one of them was left-handed while the other eight were right-handed. Jump tests, more specifically the SHTD, were carried out to analyze the jump distance, the vertical force and the anteroposterior force between the right and left limbs on the one hand, and the dominant and non-dominant limbs on the other hand.

Results and discussion: no significant differences were found in any of the variables.

Conclusion: it cannot be affirmed that there is a decompensation in the lower extremities since the results obtained are very similar in all the tests carried out. In addition, the players in the study have not suffered very serious injuries except for one, so it can be concluded that these players do a good job of compensating the lower limbs.