Effects of maturation on knee biomechanics during cutting and landing in young female soccer players.

ABSTRACT: Young female soccer players are at high risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury due to the fast-paced nature of the sport and surplus of unplanned movements during play. Neuromuscular training programs that aim to reduce this injury by targeting the associated biomechanical movements are a potential solution. While previous studies have examined the lack of dynamic knee control during landing, there are few that outline the role that maturation can play during unanticipated cutting. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if young female soccer players across multiple phases of maturation exhibited the before seen differences in knee control during a drop landing as well as an unanticipated cutting task. 139 female soccer players volunteered to participate in this study and

SUBMITTER: Westbrook AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250454 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature