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Efficacy of ACL injury risk screening methods in identifying high-risk landing patterns during a sport-specific task
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posted on 2017-05-01, 00:00 authored by Aaron FoxAaron Fox, Jason BonacciJason Bonacci, S G McLean, Natalie SaundersNatalie SaundersScreening methods sensitive to movement strategies that increase anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) loads are likely to be effective in identifying athletes at-risk of ACL injury. Current ACL injury risk screening methods are yet to be evaluated for their ability to identify athletes' who exhibit high-risk lower limb mechanics during sport-specific maneuvers associated with ACL injury occurrences. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of two ACL injury risk screening methods in identifying high-risk lower limb mechanics during a sport-specific landing task. Thirty-two female athletes were screened using the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) and Tuck Jump Assessment. Participants' also completed a sport-specific landing task, during which three-dimensional kinematic and kinetic data were collected. One-dimensional statistical parametric mapping was used to examine the relationships between screening method scores, and the three-dimensional hip and knee joint rotation and moment data from the sport-specific landing. Higher LESS scores were associated with reduced knee flexion from 30 to 57 ms after initial contact (P = 0.003) during the sport-specific landing; however, no additional relationships were found. These findings suggest the LESS and Tuck Jump Assessment may have minimal applicability in identifying athletes' who exhibit high-risk landing postures in the sport-specific task examined.
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Scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sportsVolume
27Issue
5Pagination
525 - 534Publisher
WileyLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1600-0838Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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