Riesgo de lesiones en miembros inferiores en triatletas de la Federación Deportiva del Azuay a través del Test de Balance en Y, Cuenca 2020 - 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Injuries caused by sports such as triathlon are the main cause of sports inactivity; therefore, an injury risk assessment is essential for early intervention. OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of suffering lower limb injuries through the Y Balance Test in triathletes of the “Federation Deportiva del Azuay”. METHODOLOGY: A prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional quantitative observational study was carried out in a group of triathletes; where the Y Balance Test was applied to evaluate dynamic balance, the results were collected through the Move2perform software using an algorithm that determined the level of risk of suffering non-contact injuries. The processing was carried out in the SPSS 25 software and the decisions were made with a significance of 0.05. RESULTS: A total of 30 triathletes were evaluated, in which the mean age was 16.30 (Standard Deviation = 4.02) years, according to the performance obtained in the YBT, 86.7% of the population obtained a performance "below the standard". According to the level of risk of suffering injuries, 10% qualified within the mild risk category, 63.3% moderate risk, and 26.7% substantial risk. CONCLUSION: A large percentage of the population studied has a high risk of suffering injuries, derived from the instability of the lower limb, the highest percentage of risk of injury was present in men with 46.6%, the most frequent age of propensity to be injured was 13 years with 36.6%.