The Safe Landing warm up technique modification programme: An effective anterior cruciate ligament injury mitigation strategy to improve cutting and jump-movement quality in soccer players

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Landing (SL), a 6-week technique-modification (TM) programme, on cutting and jump-landing movement quality in football players. In a non-randomized design, 32 male semi-professional football players from two Spanish clubs parti...

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Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2022-12, Vol.40 (24), p.2784-2794
Main Authors: Olivares-Jabalera, Jesús, Fílter, Alberto, Dos´Santos, Thomas, Ortega-Domínguez, José, Soto Hermoso, Víctor M., Requena, Bernardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACL injury mechanisms
Anterior cruciate ligament
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries - prevention & control
Biomechanical Phenomena
change of direction
Humans
Injury risk reduction
landing
Male
Movement
Performance evaluation
Professional football
Soccer - injuries
Sports injuries
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Summary:The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Landing (SL), a 6-week technique-modification (TM) programme, on cutting and jump-landing movement quality in football players. In a non-randomized design, 32 male semi-professional football players from two Spanish clubs participated in the study: one served as the control group (CG, n = 11), while the other performed the SL (n = 15). Performance and movement quality of drop vertical jump and 70º change of direction (COD70) were evaluated through 2D video footage pre- and post-intervention. In such tasks, the Landing Error Scoring System for first (LESS1) and second (LESS2) landings, and the Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) were used for assessing movement quality. Pre-to-post changes and baseline-adjusted ANCOVA were used. Medium-to-large differences between groups at post-test were shown in CMAS, LESS1 and LESS2 (p 
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2023.2193451