Correlation of lower extremity muscle endurance and agility in male elite football players

Abstract

Background: The ability to perform intense exercise is declined towards the second half of the game, as well as immediately after the most intense periods of the game such as during sprinting, jumping, etc. Suggesting that these actions may be particularly sensitive to fatigue development and injury risk. These data underline the importance of muscle endurance as an important component of fitness in football players. The frequent alteration of activities, numerous accelerations and decelerations, change of directions, and execution of various technical skills during a play contribute to higher injury rates in elite football players. Unpredictable events like twisting, and pivoting occur very commonly but there is a dearth of literature evaluating these fast components.Subjects and Methods: The correlational study consists of 43 male elite football players. Subjects were recruited through convenient sampling. They were screened as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. Agility was evaluated using the agility t-test. The best of three readings were taken. Followed by the warm-up protocol of 10 minutes was administered for the squat test. Lower extremity muscle endurance was checked using the Squat test.Results: The moderate negative correlation was found between lower extremity muscle endurance and agility duration (r= -.456, p