Sport-specific biomechanical responses to an ACL injury prevention programme: A randomised controlled trial

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programmes have not been as successful at reducing injury rates in women's basketball as in soccer. This randomised controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT02530333) compared biomechanical adaptations in basketball and soccer players during ju...

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Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2018-11, Vol.36 (21), p.2492-2501
Main Authors: Taylor, Jeffrey B., Ford, Kevin R., Schmitz, Randy J., Ross, Scott E., Ackerman, Terry A., Shultz, Sandra J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACL
Adaptation
Adaptation, Physiological
Adolescent
Anterior cruciate ligament
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries - prevention & control
Basketball
Basketball - injuries
Basketball - physiology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Biomechanics
Humans
Injury prevention
Kinematics
Knee
Knee - physiology
Leg
Physical Conditioning, Human - methods
Plyometric Exercise
Prevention programs
Soccer
Soccer - injuries
Soccer - physiology
Task Performance and Analysis
Young Adult
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Summary:Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programmes have not been as successful at reducing injury rates in women's basketball as in soccer. This randomised controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT02530333) compared biomechanical adaptations in basketball and soccer players during jump-landing activities after an ACL injury prevention programme. Eighty-seven athletes were cluster randomised into intervention (6-week programme) and control groups. Three-dimensional biomechanical analyses of drop vertical jump (DVJ), double- (SAG-DL) and single-leg (SAG-SL) sagittal, and double- (FRONT-DL) and single-leg (FRONT-SL) frontal plane jump landing tasks were tested before and after the intervention. Peak angles, excursions, and joint moments were analysed using two-way MANCOVAs of post-test scores while controlling for pre-test scores. During SAG-SL the basketball intervention group exhibited increased peak knee abduction angles (p = .004) and excursions (p = .003) compared to the basketball control group (p = .01) and soccer intervention group (p = .01). During FRONT-SL, the basketball intervention group exhibited greater knee flexion excursion after training than the control group (p = .01), but not the soccer intervention group (p = .11). Although women's soccer players exhibit greater improvements in knee abduction kinematics than basketball players, these athletes largely exhibit similar biomechanical adaptations to ACL injury prevention programmes.
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2018.1465723