Association of leg bias with bipedal speed and power in developing soccer players

Percept Mot Skills. 2014 Feb;118(1):293-303. doi: 10.2466/10.25.PMS.118k12w8.

Abstract

The aim of this research was to determine whether there is any association between leg bias and bipedal locomotion in young male soccer players. 227 participants, members of a Polish football club, were tested. Leg dominancy and maximal specific power of each leg were recorded.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Functional Laterality / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Lower Extremity / physiology*
  • Male
  • Muscle Strength / physiology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
  • Running / physiology*
  • Soccer / physiology*