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Playing football rigorously while growing up may lead to the appearance and development of a real limb length discrepancy (LLD). [1]More precisely, the observations designate that growth is slower in the lower limb used to kick the ball and may lead to LLD. The weight of the ball and an intensive careful play regimen may be aggravating factors.[1] Abnormalities in gait pattern can be a consequence of limb length discrepancy of two cm or more, resulting in an increase in muscle activity, heart rate and oxygen consumption.[2]Disparity in limb length is usually connected to the development of gait abnormalities which can result in degenerative arthritis of the lower extremity and lumbar spine.[3] A gait cycle can be defined as a time interval between the heel strike of an extremity and when the same heel contacts the ground again.[4]During locomotion, the gait cycle of a healthy individual is high but the gait of an unhealthy individual displays deviation from its normal cycle.[5] The more time a person spends training, the more probable their gait will be less periodic and less harmonic.[6] This can be explained by the fact that training beyond a critical level could lead to musculoskeletal reconstruction that has not been recognised by the locomotor centres in the neural network, resulting in a gait that is less well-controlled.[6] Amateur football is a compound sport and its performance is based on physical, physiological and psychological aspects. Due to the paucity of data on limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in the environment, this study was conducted to determine the correlation between the aforementioned variables in amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Limb length discrepancy and gait parameters of amateur football players in Lagos State, Nigeria