ArticleJournal of biomechanics2020
Falling as a strategy to decrease knee loading during landings: Implications for ACL injury prevention.
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- Association between knee angles at initial contact and post-landing knee ranges of motion in athletes with and without anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Relationship of Knee Abduction Moment to Trunk and Lower Extremity Segment Acceleration during Sport-Specific Movements.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Muscle Activation and Ground Reaction Force between Single-Leg Drop Landing and Jump Landing among Young Females during Weight-Acceptance Phase.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Indirect contact matters: Mid-flight external trunk perturbation increased unilateral anterior cruciate ligament loading variables during jump-landings.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Article
- Predictive simulation of single-leg landing scenarios for ACL injury risk factors evaluation.PloS one · 2023Article
- What Makes Parkour Unique? A Narrative Review Across Miscellaneous Academic Fields.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Review
- Medial-lateral hip positions predicted kinetic asymmetries during double-leg squats in collegiate athletes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Journal of biomechanics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries often occur when individuals land primarily on a single leg. Falling has been proposed as a potential strategy to decrease knee loading during landings. The purpose of this study was to compare impact forces, knee angles, and knee moments during natural landings, soft landings, and landings followed by falling after forward and vertical jumps, each under single or double-leg conditions. Sixteen male and sixteen female participants (age: 22.0 ± 2.9 years) completed each landing condition while kinematics and ground reaction forces were collected. In the natural landing condition, participants landed as they would in a sport setting. In the soft landing condition, participants landed as softly as possible with increased knee and hip flexion. In the falling condition, participants landed softly and then fell forward or backward onto a mat after forward and vertical jumps, respectively. The falling condition demonstrated the greatest initial and peak knee flexion angles, the least peak vertical ground reaction forces, and the least peak knee extension and adduction moments compared to the natural landing and soft landing conditions. The soft landing condition resulted in similar changes in landing mechanics compared to the natural landing, but the effect was limited for single-leg landings compared to double-leg landings. When the sports environment allows, falling appears to be a potential strategy to decrease knee loading when individuals must land on a single leg with sub-optimal body postures. Future studies are needed to develop progressive training of effective and safe falling techniques.
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