Lumbo-pelvic loading during fast bowling in adolescent cricketers: the influence of bowling speed and technique.

Abstract

This study aimed to assess changes in bowling technique and lumbar load over the course of a bowling spell in adolescent fast bowlers, and to investigate the relationship between lumbar loads during fast bowling and kinematic factors which have previously been associated with low back injury. Three-dimensional motion analysis was carried out on forty participants who performed an 8-over bowling spell. There were no significant changes in bowling technique or lumbar loads over the course of the spell. Bowling with a more extended front knee, faster ball release speed and increased shoulder counter-rotation were related to increased lumbo-pelvic loading - in particular peak transverse plane rotation moments and anterior-posterior shear forces. These lumbar loads may be a factor in low back injury aetiology and future studies should investigate the relationship between lumbar loading, injury incidence and other risk factors.

• Authors: Helen Crewe, Amity Campbell, Bruce Elliott, Jacqueline Alderson
• Journal: Journal of sports sciences (J Sports Sci) Vol. 31 Issue 10 Pg. 1082-90 ( 2013) ISSN: 1466-447X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23363419 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Athletic Injuries (etiology)
• Back Injuries (etiology)
• Biomechanical Phenomena
• Humans
• Knee
• Lumbosacral Region (injuries, physiology)
• Male
• Movement (physiology)
• Pelvis (physiology)
• Rotation
• Shoulder
• Sports (physiology)
• Stress, Mechanical