Clinical Utility of Qualitative Change of Direction Movement Assessment in ACL Injury Risk Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are complex and influenced by numerous internal and external risk factors that should be considered to effectively mitigate injury and facilitate informed return to sport decision-making. Among these risk factors, movement quality exhibited during sport-specific tasks has been identified as a significant predictor of injury occurrence. Particularly, change of direction (COD) movements, when performed with sub-optimal movement quality, such as knee valgus and lateral trunk flexion, are prominent mechanisms of ACL injury in multidirectional sports. Unfortunately, the formal and objective assessment of COD movement quality is underutilized in clinical and sports practice, with existing methods often confined to expensive, sophisticated laboratory sett

SUBMITTER: Andreyo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446736 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature