Gait screening of a population of young, healthy athletes by means of a portable, low-cost device unveils hidden left-right asymmetries in both quadriceps and anterior cruciate ligament forces
| Autor: | Mattia Merlo, Daniela Negrini, Nicolo' Colombo, Andrea Moriondo, Alessandro Manelli, Eleonora Solari, Francesca Vignaga |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine Physiology lcsh:Medicine Functional Laterality Quadriceps Muscle 0302 clinical medicine Gait (human) Wii balance board 030212 general & internal medicine Anterior Cruciate Ligament Gait lcsh:QH301-705.5 education.field_of_study biology General Medicine Biomechanical Phenomena Research Note On-field data acquisition medicine.anatomical_structure Homogeneous Costs and Cost Analysis Female Gait analysis Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anterior cruciate ligament Population General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Population screening Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans lcsh:Science (General) education Athletes business.industry lcsh:R Vertical ground reaction force biology.organism_classification 030104 developmental biology lcsh:Biology (General) business human activities lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019) BMC Research Notes |
| Popis: | Objective The present study reports the on-field screening of a population of young soccer players in the pursuit of alterations in gait using a portable and low-cost gait analysis system composed of a Wii Balance Board and a webcam. Results Recordings of motion of the lower extremities along with vertical ground reaction force (GRF) were used to quantify coefficients of symmetry for the overall GRF and the forces exerted by the quadriceps femori and acting on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Data show that, in face of a quite homogeneous symmetry of GRF during left and right stance phases of gait, quadriceps and ACL exert and are subjected to left–right asymmetrical forces that might prelude, especially in young athletes, later alterations of gait. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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