Kinetics and perception of basketball landing in various heights and footwear cushioning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The previous studies on basketball landing have not shown a systematic agreement between landing impacts and midsole densities. One plausible reason is that the midsole densities alone used to represent the cushioning capability of a shoe seems over simplified. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of different landing heights and shoes of different cushioning performance on tibial shock, impact loading and knee kinematics of basketball players.

Methods

Nineteen university team basketball players performed drop landings from different height conditions (0.45m vs. 0.61m) as well as with different shoe cushioning properties (regular, better vs. best-cushioned). For each condition, tibial acceleration, vertical ground reaction force and knee kinematics were

SUBMITTER: Wei Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084914 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature