COMPARISON OF CLINICAL FATIGUE PROTOCOLS TO DECREASE SINGLE-LEG FORWARD HOP PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Return to activity decisions after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R) are limited by functional performance tests often performed in a non-fatigued state. Fatigue can improve test sensitivity, but current methods to induce fatigue are typically bilateral tasks or focus on the quadriceps muscle in isolation.

Hypothesis/purpose

To determine the effects of a two-minute lateral step-down fatigue test compared to a 30-second side-hop test on single-leg forward hop distance in healthy individuals. It was hypothesized that participants would demonstrate decreased hop distance with both tests, but the two-minute lateral step-down fatigue test would result in greater deficits in single-leg forward hop distance.

Study design

Randomized crossover.

Me

SUBMITTER: White AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6063070 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature