Falling as a strategy to decrease knee loading during landings: Implications for ACL injury prevention.

ABSTRACT: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries often occur when individuals land primarily on a single leg. Falling has been proposed as a potential strategy to decrease knee loading during landings. The purpose of this study was to compare impact forces, knee angles, and knee moments during natural landings, soft landings, and landings followed by falling after forward and vertical jumps, each under single or double-leg conditions. Sixteen male and sixteen female participants (age: 22.0 ± 2.9 years) completed each landing condition while kinematics and ground reaction forces were collected. In the natural landing condition, participants landed as they would in a sport setting. In the soft landing condition, participants landed as softly as possible with increased knee and hip flexion. In the f

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7438605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature