Boys demonstrate greater knee frontal moments than girls during the impact phase of cutting maneuvers, despite age-related increases in girls.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate is low among children, but increases during adolescence, especially in girls. Increases in the knee valgus moment within 70 ms of contact with the ground (KFM_0-70) may explain the sex-specific increase in the risk of ACL injury. The purpose of the study was to investigate sex-dependent changes in the KFM_0-70 from pre-adolescence to adolescence during a cutting maneuver (CM).

Methods

Kinematic and kinetic data during the CM task, performed before and after physical exertion, were recorded using a motion capture system and a force plate. A total of 293 team handball and soccer players, aged 9-12 years, were recruited. A number of those who continued sports participation (n = 103) returned five years lat

SUBMITTER: Ghasemi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10090008 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature