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Cross-sectional comparison of age-related changes in the quadriceps femoris in Japanese basketball players

  • Yuta Sekine EMAIL logo und Norikazu Hirose
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 23. November 2017

Abstract

Background

This study examines age-related changes in the quadriceps femoris (QF), subdivided into the vastus medialis oblique (VMO), vastus medialis (VM), rectus femoris (RF), vastus intermedius (VI) and vastus lateralis (VL) in basketball players.

Subjects

Seventy male basketball players were divided into four groups according to age (12–13, 14–15, 16–17, and 18–20 years).

Methods

Ultrasonography was used to measure muscle architecture of the VMO, VM, RF, VI and VL. We created cubic approximate expressions and calculated inflexion points to evaluate peak growth age of each muscle head.

Results

Significant interactions were observed for all QF parts (p < 0.01–0.001). Muscle thickness (MT) in all QF parts was significantly lower in 12–13-year olds than in 18–20-year olds (p < 0.01–0.001). Significant differences were recognised between 12–13 and 16–17-year olds in VM (p < 0.001), RF (p < 0.001) and VL (p = 0.007). MT was significantly lower in 14–15-year olds than in 16–17-year olds in the VM (p = 0.007) and RF (p = 0.026) and in 18–20 year olds in the VM (p < 0.001), RF (p = 0.036) and VI (p < 0.001). Peak growth age was estimated for each QF part (VMO, 155.0 months; VM, 187.8 months; RF, 212.2 months, VI, 188.9 months; VL, 181.1 months).

Conclusion

QF parts have different growth rates due to differing functions in each muscle head.

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the basketball players who participated in the study.

  1. Conflict of interest declaration: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Received: 2017-07-12
Accepted: 2017-09-24
Published Online: 2017-11-23

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