Interlimb kinetic asymmetries during the tuck jump assessment are more exposed following kinetic stabilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse interlimb kinetics and asymmetries during the tuck jump assessment (TJA), before and after kinetic stabilization, to identify injury risk in healthy female athletes.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Laboratory.

Participants

Twenty-five healthy females (age 21.0 ± 1.83 yrs; height 1.68 ± 0.06 m; body mass 69.4 ± 10.7 kg).

Main outcome measures

Kinetics were measured during 10-s trials of the TJA and absolute asymmetries compared, before and after kinetic stabilization using paired sample t-tests. Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) compared vertical ground reaction force (VGRF) data for each limb during the jumping cycles before and after stabilization.

Results

Small to moderate increases in interlimb asymmetries were obs

SUBMITTER: Kember LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11178106 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature