NORMALIZATION OF DORSIFLECTION ANGLE IN SKATEBOARDERS, BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNCTIONAL LUNG TEST (WBLT)

Abstract

With the recent inclusion on the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic calendar, skateboarding has further solidified our culture, increasing its visibility and popularity. As it is an extreme sport, skateboarding is also exposing itself to the risks and injuries that the sport can provide. Objective: To evaluate the profile of the dorsiflexion of amateur skaters and participating professionals. Describe the main injuries of skate sport and its epidemiology. Identify the dorsiflexion angle in skateboarders in different modalities. Method For the research, a sample with 128 participants was performed, being 97 skaters (76%) and 31 people (24%) that composed a control group. Among the skaters there were 52 professionals and 45 amateurs, making up 41% and 35% of the total, respectively. The skaters were selected in the stages of Sapiranga-RS and Barra da Tijuca-RJ of the national circuit STU Qualifying Series, from 11 to 13 October and 15 to 17 November 2019, Park / Bowl and Street practitioners. The control group was constituted according to the following criteria: not to be an athlete and to be within the same age range as skateboarding athletes. Participants in this group were randomly selected. Results: The results were satisfactory. The groups presented significant differences in all measures. Athletes and control group show significant differences in right and left ankle pain. In the right ankle, the athletes presented a confidence interval (95% CI), with 95% confidence interval. Conclusion: Therefore, it is concluded that the angle of Professional and amateur skaters is between 46.5 and 50.5; the control group, in the maximum limit of the interval did not reach 44.

Keywords: Physiotherapy, Lung test, Dorsiflexion, Testing works, Skateboard injuries.