PMID- 27761474
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 2325-9671 (Print)
IS  - 2325-9671 (Electronic)
IS  - 2325-9671 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 10
DP  - 2016 Oct
TI  - Generalized Joint Laxity and Ligament Injuries in High School-Aged Female 
      Volleyball Players in Japan.
PG  - 2325967116667690
LID - 2325967116667690
AB  - BACKGROUND: Generalized joint laxity has been linked to ligamentous injuries such 
      as anterior cruciate ligament tear and ankle sprain. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS: The 
      purpose of this study was to investigate generalized joint laxity and incidence 
      of ligament injuries in high school-aged female volleyball players. It was 
      hypothesized that volleyball players with a past history of sprains would have 
      increased generalized joint laxity compared with those without any history and 
      that athletes with multiple sprains would demonstrate with a higher generalized 
      joint laxity score than those who had only 1 sprain. STUDY DESIGN: Case-control 
      study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS: Forty-seven subjects were tested for 
      generalized joint laxity using the Beighton and Horan Joint Mobility Index 
      (BHJMI). They were categorized into 2 groups based on the presence of past 
      ligament injury: injury group (IG) and noninjury group (NG). The IG group was 
      further divided into 2 groups based on whether they had a single ligamentous 
      injury (IGS) or multiple injuries (IGM) in the past to study whether there was 
      any difference in scores between the subgroups. The collected data were analyzed 
      statistically with 1-way analysis of variance. RESULTS: Subjects in the IG group 
      scored significantly higher on the BHJMI than those in the NG group. The mean 
      score for the IG group was 2.40 +/- 1.42, as opposed to 1.24 +/- 1.09 for the NG 
      group (P = .006). Eleven subjects in the IG group had suffered multiple injuries 
      or recurrent injuries (IGM) and scored significantly higher than the remaining 19 
      individuals in the IG group, who had only sustained a single injury (IGS). The 
      mean BHJMI scores were 3.18 +/- 1.47 and 1.95 +/- 1.22 for IGM and IGS, respectively 
      (P = .02). CONCLUSION: Female athletes with a high generalized joint laxity score 
      may be more prone to ligament injury and potentially to recurrent ligament 
      injuries.
FAU - Sueyoshi, Ted
AU  - Sueyoshi T
AD  - Physiotherapy Associates, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
FAU - Emoto, Gen
AU  - Emoto G
AD  - Emoto Knee and Sport Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan.
FAU - Yuasa, Tomoki
AU  - Yuasa T
AD  - Emoto Knee and Sport Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20161005
PL  - United States
TA  - Orthop J Sports Med
JT  - Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
JID - 101620522
PMC - PMC5054354
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Beighton and Horan Joint Mobility Index
OT  - female athletes
OT  - generalized joint laxity
OT  - ligament injury
COIS- The authors declared that they have no conflicts of interest in the authorship 
      and publication of this contribution.
EDAT- 2016/10/21 06:00
MHDA- 2016/10/21 06:01
PMCR- 2016/10/01
CRDT- 2016/10/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1177_2325967116667690 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/2325967116667690 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Orthop J Sports Med. 2016 Oct 5;4(10):2325967116667690. doi: 
      10.1177/2325967116667690. eCollection 2016 Oct.