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Activity Number:
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339
- Novel Applications of Statistics in Sports
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Sports
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Abstract #323396
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Title:
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An Investigation of Lateral Trunk Flexion Angle Movement and Muscle Strength in UCONN Athletes
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Author(s):
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Carolyn Bradshaw Morgan* and Catie Dann and Yannis K Halkiadakis and Noah Davidson and Kristin Denise Morgan
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Companies:
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Meck Limited, LLC and University of Connecticut and College of Engineering University of Connecticut and College of Engineering University of Connecticut and College of Engineering, University of Connecticut
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Keywords:
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Repeated measures;
muscle strength;
lateral trunk flexion angle;
sports programs;
time cycles
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Abstract:
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The University of Connecticut (UCONN) Athletics Program conducted a study of muscle strength and power of athletes in the women’s soccer, basketball, and lacrosse programs and the men’s basketball program. A PhysiMax machine was used to capture the lateral trunk flexion angle movement (degrees) of the athlete’s trunk to the left and right. This movement of the shoulder towards the hip on either side is brought about by the action on one side of the body of the external and internal oblique muscles. These measurements were captured at three time cycles for each athlete. A previous t-test only revealed there was a significant side-to-side difference in the mean average lateral trunk flex angle (degrees) on the left and right for the study population. This paper will describe how the repeated measures analysis was used to determine there were statistically significant differences between the means of lateral trunk flexion angles across the three time cycles on the left and right sides. It also revealed different patterns in the means of the lateral trunk flexion angle across the three time cycles for the four teams.
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