Understanding the impact loading characteristics of a badminton lunge among badminton players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid and repetitive badminton lunges would produce strenuous impact loading on the lower extremities of players and these loading are thought to be the contributing factors of chronic knee injuries. This study examined the impact loading characteristics in various groups of badminton athletes performing extreme lunges.

Methods

Fifty-two participants classified into male skilled, female skilled, male unskilled, and female unskilled groups performed badminton lunge with their maximum-effort. Shoe-ground kinematics, ground reaction forces, and knee moments were measured by using synchronised force platform and motion analysis system. A 2 (gender) x 2 (skill-level) factorial ANOVA was performed to determine the effects of different gender and different playing le

SUBMITTER: Lam WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185854 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature