The early peak knee abduction moment waveform is a novel risk factor predicting anterior cruciate ligament injury in young athletes: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In this study, prospective data were used to evaluate whether the early peak knee abduction moment waveform is associated with the risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.

Methods

Biomechanical data from 84 athletes who participated in the study as adolescents were analysed after cross-referencing national health registry data to confirm ACL reconstruction in the subsequent years. The knee abduction moment waveform shape was obtained with cluster analysis for the first 100 ms of a cutting manoeuvre (1776 trials in total) and classified as either containing an early peak knee abduction moment or not, and the odds ratio for later ACL injury was then calculated. Additionally, discrete kinematic and kinetic variables were extracted, and tested against the risk of

SUBMITTER: Sigurðsson HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12022829 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature