Purpose To describe the Single Leg Bridge Test (SLBT) of women`s soccer professional athletes. Design and settings Cross-sectional study. On-field assessment. Methods Professional athletes from four elite women`s soccer teams enrolled in the First Division Brazilian Women`s Soccer Championship. Main outcome measures SLBT score and the limb symmetry index (LSI). Results One hundred twenty-one athletes (two hundred forty-two limbs) took part in this study. They had a SLBT score of 33 ± 12 repetitions (95% CI 31 to 34 repetitions), ranging from 11 to 70 repetitions. No significant difference was found between dominant and non-dominant limbs (p = 0.816). Athletes presented an LSI of 104 ± 20% (95% CI 100.2% to 107.4%). SLBT score had no significant correlation with athletes` age, while a poor negative correlation (r < 0.5) was found between SLBT score and athletes` body mass and height. Conclusion This pioneering study identified an average SLBT score of 33 repetitions for women`s soccer professional athletes. Despite a diverse range of performance on the SLBT, limb dominance, age, body mass, or height do not strongly correlate with the score.
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