ArticleScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2012
The influence of sex and maturation on landing biomechanics: implications for anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Article in Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Changes in Lower Limb Biomechanics Across Various Stages of Maturation and Implications for ACL Injury Risk in Female Athletes: a Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of menstrual cycle phase, menstrual irregularities and hormonal contraceptive use on anterior knee laxity and non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury occurrence in women: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Sex Differences in Landing Biomechanics and Postural Stability During Adolescence: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Pooled it
- What is normal? Female lower limb kinematic profiles during athletic tasks used to examine anterior cruciate ligament injury risk: a systematic review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Pooled it
- Real-time optimized biofeedback utilizing sport techniques (ROBUST): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Trial
- Influence of combined posterior and medial-lateral mid-air trunk perturbations on knee biomechanics during single-leg landing.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Sex-Specific Changes in Physical Risk Factors for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury by Chronological Age and Stages of Growth and Maturation From 8 to 18 Years of Age.Journal of athletic training · 2022Article
- Effects of a soccer-specific vertical jump on lower extremity landing kinematics.Sports medicine and health science · 2022Article
- Greater Breast Support Alters Trunk and Knee Joint Biomechanics Commonly Associated With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Lower extremity kinematic coupling during single and double leg landing and gait in female junior athletes with dynamic knee valgus.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Lower extremity energy absorption strategies at different phases during single and double-leg landings with knee valgus in pubertal female athletes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Recommendations for Movement Re-training After ACL Reconstruction.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Eccentric Resistance Training in Youth: Perspectives for Long-Term Athletic Development.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2019Review
- Sex and Maturation Differences in Performance of Functional Jumping and Landing Deficits in Youth Athletes.Journal of sport rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Sex differences in sagittal plane control emerge during adolescent growth: a prospective investigation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019Article
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics Are Altered Across Maturation in Sport-Specialized Female Adolescent Athletes.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
- ACL Injury Prevention Training Results in Modification of Hip and Knee Mechanics During a Drop-Landing Task.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2017Article
- Effects of Sex and Fatigue on Biomechanical Measures During the Drop-Jump Task in Children.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2017Article
- Predictors of Frontal Plane Knee Moments During Side-Step Cutting to 45 and 110 Degrees in Men and Women: Implications for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
During landing and cutting, females exhibit greater frontal plane moments at the knee (internal knee adductor moments or external knee abduction moments) and favor the use of the knee extensors over the hip extensors to attenuate impact forces when compared with males. However, it is not known when this biomechanical profile emerges. The purpose of this study was to compare landing biomechanics between sexes across maturation levels. One hundred and nineteen male and female soccer players (9-22 years) participated. Subjects were grouped based on maturational development. Lower extremity kinematics and kinetics were obtained during a drop-land task. Dependent variables included the average internal knee adductor moment and sagittal plane knee/hip moment and energy absorption ratios during the deceleration phase of landing. When averaged across maturation levels, females demonstrated greater internal knee adductor moments (0.06±0.03 vs 0.01±0.02 N m/kg m; P<0.005), knee/hip extensor moment ratios (2.0±0.1 vs 1.4±0.1 N m/kg m; P<0.001) and knee/hip energy absorption ratios (2.9±0.1 vs 1.96±0.1 N m/kg m; P<0.001) compared with males. Higher knee adductor moments combined with disproportionate use of knee extensors relative to hip extensors observed in females reflect a biomechanical pattern that increases anterior cruciate ligament loading. This biomechanical strategy already was established in pre-pubertal female athletes.
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