Published in Sports biomechanics
Shoe modifications are suggested to reduce the risks of injuries and improve sports performance in basketball. This review aimed to critically evaluate the effect of different basketball shoe modifications on biomechanical changes in basketball movements. Searches of four major databases for biomechanics studies which evaluated footwear constructio...
Published in Sports biomechanics
No objective criteria exist for progressing athletes into cutting manoeuvres following ACL reconstruction (ACLR). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between a jump-cut task (JC) and the single-limb squat (SLS) in both ACLR and healthy controls. Case-control, laboratory based. Twenty-three participants with a history of ACLR ...
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Box and jump landing tasks are commonly used to study lower extremity injury mechanisms, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Arm restriction during these tasks is typically determined via researcher preference. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare three-dimensional lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during bilater...
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In the sprint start, a defined sequence of distinct response delays occurs before the athlete produces a movement response. Excitation of lower limb muscles occurs prior to force production against the blocks, culminating in a movement response. The time delay between muscle excitation and movement, electromechanical delay (EMD), is considered to i...
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Different thresholds have been used to determine the start of the force-time analysis during countermovement jump testing. This study examined the influence of the jump starting threshold on the reliability and magnitude of loaded countermovement jump (CMJ) performance variables. Seventeen males were tested during two sessions using five loading co...
Published in Sports biomechanics
Published in Sports biomechanics
This study examined lower extremity joint kinematics in individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI) and controls during unanticipated and anticipated single-leg drop landings onto a laterally inclined platform. Physically active adults with CAI 15 (n = 15) and controls (n = 15) performed an unanticipated and anticipated 30 cm single-leg drop l...
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Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is associated with kinematic changes in the lower extremity. Alterations in joint-coupling have been identified during gait in patients with CAI. Rehabilitation remains the gold-standard for clinical treatment of CAI but little is known on the effects of rehabilitation on joint-coupling variability. Wearable destabil...
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People with chronic ankle instability (CAI) exhibit neuromuscular deficits. However, no study has investigated deficits in forces or force-generating capacities of individual muscles in people with CAI during dynamic tasks. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to estimate and compare peak forces and force-generating capacities of individual mus...
Published in Sports biomechanics
We describe feedforward neuromuscular control during a maximal jump landing/cutting task among groups of chronic ankle instability (CAI), coper, and uninjured control subjects. Sixty-six volunteers participated (22 CAI, 22 copers, and 22 uninjured controls). The subjects completed five trials of a maximal jump landing/cutting manoeuvre. Three-dimen...
