Cluster analysis of cutting technique-a valuable approach for assessing anterior cruciate ligament injury risk?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite extensive efforts to pinpoint singular biomechanical risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, research findings are still inconclusive. By combining multiple biomechanical variables, cluster analyses could help us identify safe and risky cutting technique strategies.

Purpose

To identify common movement strategies during cutting maneuvers and to assess their association with ACL injury risk.

Methods

A total of 754 female elite handball and football players, including 59 with a history of ACL injury, performed a sport-specific cutting task while 3D biomechanics were recorded. Over an 8-year follow-up period, 43 of these players sustained a primary ACL injury and 13 players a secondary ACL injury. Cutting technique was described usin

SUBMITTER: Mausehund L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11847870 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature