Using stiffness to assess injury risk: comparison of methods for quantifying stiffness and their reliability in triathletes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A review of the literature has indicated that lower body stiffness, defined as the extent to which the lower extremity joints resists deformation upon contact with the ground, may be a useful measure for assessing Achilles injury risk in triathletes. The nature of overuse injuries suggests that a variety of different movement patterns could conceivably contribute to the final injury outcome, any number and combination of which might be observed in a single individual. Measurements which incorporate both kinetics and kinematics (such as stiffness) of a movement may be better able to shed light on individuals at risk of injury, with further analysis then providing the exact mechanism of injury for the individual. Stiffness can be measured as vertical, leg or joint stiffnes

SUBMITTER: Lorimer AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6214235 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature