The study purpose was to assess the relationship between Latent Myofascial Trigger Point and range of motion in the lower limb of athletes. A lower Pain pressure threshold (< 25 lbs/cm2) in muscles indicates the presence of a latent myofascial trigger point. Materials and methods. Initially, the study involved 46 male Athletes (aged 20-23 years) as participants. The pain pressure threshold was measured by the pressure algometer (FPX 25 Wagner Instruments, Greenwich, CT, USA) to detect latent myofascial trigger points on the hamstring and quadriceps muscles. Out of 46 participants, 23 tested positive with a latent myofascial trigger point, and rest of them tested negative with a latent myofascial trigger point. All the participants measured knee flexor and extensor range of motion with the Kinovea software (version 0.9.5). In descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation were used, and Pearson correlation was used to determine the relationship between the variables. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Results. A significant correlation was found between Latent Myofascial Trigger Points and lower limb range of motion (p < 0.05), and it was also observed that the magnitude of correlation coefficient was very large (0.7–0.9). Conclusions. Latent Myofascial Trigger Points impair sports performance by decreasing the range of motion of knee flexors and extensors. In light of this, Latent Myofascial Trigger Point should be considered a serious musculoskeletal disorder, and appropriate preventative measures should be taken by health professionals.

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This paper synthesized the available published literature on myofascia, its structure, myofascial disorder, causative factors, scientific methods for evaluation and treatments, etc. The importance of myofascial in chronic and acute musculoskeletal pain is overlooked. According to Waller et al., mention in their article, up to 85% of people will experience myofascial pain at least once during their life. The myofascia is a musculoskeletal cell matrix that supports muscular connective tissue, it is essential for generating forces between muscles and also provides better flexibility. Myofascial pain syndrome is described as sensory, motor, and autonomic signs and symptoms that are produced by trigger points or taut bands of skeletal muscle or fascia. A myofascial trigger point is painful on compression and can give rise to referred pain, motor dysfunction, and automatic event, it restricts the range of motion and force generation capacity. Therefore, it is utmost importance to know about myofascial disorders, their prevention techniques, diagnosis, and treatment.

The present study compare the isokinetic torque production of major movements like knee extension, shoulder flexion and elbow extension among different playing position players in basketball and to find out whether positional role effect the muscular strength attribute of players.21 national level basketball players participated in the study voluntarily. For each player measurement of height, weight, age, and training age were taken, the test of isokinetic exercise for knee extension, shoulder flexion, and elbow extension was performed. The study found that the center performs significantly better than forward and guard players for knee extension and shoulder flexion movement and forward perform significantly better than guard for the same. No significant difference was found for elbow extension movement, but after normalization of isokinetic peak torque with body size, comparison of relative isokinetic peak torque showed that center and forward significantly perform better than guard players for isokinetic knee extension movement at 60os-1, whereas guard and forward players significantly perform better than a center player for elbow extension movement at 60os-1. Normalization for body size nullifies the significant difference in isokinetic peak torque produced for shoulder flexion movement at 60os-1.