Bottom-Up Kinetic Chain in Drop Landing among University Athletes with Normal Dynamic Knee Valgus

Autor: Muhamad Lutfi Hanif Shamshul Bahari, Shazlin Shaharudin, Raja Khairul Mustaqim Raja Ahmad Najib, Farhah Nadhirah Aiman Sahabuddin, Nazatul Izzati Jamaludin
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 17
Issue 12
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 4418, p 4418 (2020)
ISSN: 1660-4601
Popis: The study investigated the influence of ankle strength and its range of motion (ROM) on knee kinematics during drop landing. Fifteen male and fifteen female university athletes with a normal range of dynamic knee valgus (DKV) (knee frontal plane projection angle: men = 3°
to 8°
females = 7°
to 13°
) were recruited. They performed drop landing at height 30 cm and 45 cm with three-dimensional motion capture and analysis. Knee angles were compared at specific landing phases. Isokinetic ankle strength was tested at 60°
/s angular velocity while the weight-bearing lunge test was conducted to evaluate ankle ROM. For males, strength for both plantarflexors and dorsiflexors were associated with knee kinematics at both heights (30 cm: r = &minus
0.50, p = 0.03
45 cm: r = &minus
0.45, p = 0.05) during maximum vertical ground reaction force (MVGRF) phase. For females, ankle invertor strength and knee kinematics were associated at both 30cm (r = 0.53
p = 0.02,) and 45 cm landing heights (r = 0.49, p = 0.03), while plantarflexor strength and knee kinematics showed a significant association during initial contact (r = 0.70, p <
0.01) and MVGRF (r = 0.55, p = 0.02) phases at height 30 cm only. Male and female athletes with normal range of DKV showed a significant relationship between ankle strength and knee kinematics at specific landing phases. These relationships varied with increased landing height.
Databáze: OpenAIRE