Quadriceps Femoris Angle of Elite and Non-Elite Athletes in Olympic Style Weightlifting

ÜNÜVAR, Bayram Sönmez | ERDAĞI, Kenan | ALTUNOK, Mehmet Kaan | TÜFEKÇİ, Osman | ÖZEL, Raif | IŞIK, Bülent

OBJECTIVE: To find out the quadriceps femoris angle (Q-angle) values of elite and non-elite athletes in Olympic style weightlifting. METHODS:This study included 22 male elite athletes that won medals in international Olympic style weightlifting championships and 22 male non-elite athletes who won medals in national Olympic style weightlifting championships. A goniometer was used to determine the angle of the quadriceps femoris muscle while the athletes were in supine position and the muscle was inactivated. Anthropometric measurements of right-left thigh and lower leg length, right-left thigh ...Daha fazlası