Dynamic knee control and movement strategies in athletes and non-athletes in side hops: Implications for knee injury.

ABSTRACT: Athletes exposed to rapid maneuvers need a high level of dynamic knee stability and robustness, while also controlling whole body movement, to decrease the risk of non-contact knee injury. The effects of high-level athletic training on such measures of movement control have not, however, been thoroughly evaluated. This study investigated whether elite athletes (who regularly perform knee-specific neuromuscular training) show greater dynamic knee robustness and/or different movement strategies than non-athletic controls, in relation to overall knee function. Thirty-nine women (19 athletes, 20 controls) performed standardized rebound side hops (SRSH) while a motion capture system synchronized with two force plates registered three-dimensional trunk, hip, and knee joint angles and moments. Dy

SUBMITTER: Markstrom JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850355 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature