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Landing mechanics between noninjured women and women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction during 2 jump tasks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction have different neuromuscular strategies than noninjured women during functional tasks after ligament reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Hypothesis

Landing from a jump creates high loads on the knee creating dynamic instability in women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, whereas noninjured women have stable knee landing mechanics.

Study design

Controlled laboratory study.

Methods

Fifteen noninjured women and 13 women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction performed 5 trials of a single-legged 40-cm drop jump and 2 trials of a 20-cm up-down hop task. Multivariate analyses of variance were used to compare hip and knee joint kinematics, knee joint moments, ground-reaction forces, and electromyographic findings between the dominant leg in noninjured women and reconstructed leg in women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Results

No statistically significant differences between groups were found for peak hip and knee joint angles for the drop jump task. Statistically significant differences in neuromuscular activity (P = .001) and anterior-posterior knee shear forces (P < .001) were seen in women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction compared with noninjured women in the drop jump task. However, no statistically significant differences (P > .05) between groups were found for either peak hip and knee joint angles, peak joint kinetics, or electromyographic findings during the up-down hop task.

Conclusion

Women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction have neuromuscular strategies that allow them to land from a jump similar to healthy women, but they exhibit joint moments that could predispose them to future injury if they participate in sports that require jumping and landing.

SUBMITTER: Ortiz A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2744382 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Landing mechanics between noninjured women and women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction during 2 jump tasks.

Ortiz Alexis A Olson Sharon S Libby Charles L CL Trudelle-Jackson Elaine E Kwon Young-Hoo YH Etnyre Bruce B Bartlett William W

The American journal of sports medicine 20071016 1

<h4>Background</h4>Women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction have different neuromuscular strategies than noninjured women during functional tasks after ligament reconstruction and rehabilitation.<h4>Hypothesis</h4>Landing from a jump creates high loads on the knee creating dynamic instability in women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, whereas noninjured women have stable knee landing mechanics.<h4>Study design</h4>Controlled laboratory study.<h4>Methods</h4>Fifteen noni ...[more]

PMID: 17940142

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Dataset Information

Landing mechanics between noninjured women and women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction during 2 jump tasks.

Background

Hypothesis

Study design

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Landing mechanics between noninjured women and women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction during 2 jump tasks.

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