ReviewSports medicine - open2020
Biomechanical Determinants of Knee Joint Loads Associated with Increased Anterior Cruciate Ligament Loading During Cutting: A Systematic Review and Technical Framework.
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- Situations Leading to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Sports: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
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- Exercise-Based Training Strategies to Reduce the Incidence or Mitigate the Risk Factors of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Adult Football (Soccer) Players: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Squat Jump and Bilateral and Unilateral Countermovement Jump Performance in Soccer Players 6 and 9 Months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Adding a weight to constrain the trunk increases knee joint kinetics during sidestep cutting in female athletes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Biomechanical asymmetry during side-cutting is associated with lower limb muscle strength after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Utilization of machine learning to identify lower extremity biomechanical predictors of rupture in a validated cadaveric model of ACL injury.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Anticipation and sequential demands influence on-field change-of-direction kinematics related to ACL injury risk.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Direction-led temporal control and expertise-based load redistribution in 45° cutting: an SPM-based analysis of ankle mechanics.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Reliability of a Novel Qualitative Assessment Tool for Evaluating a Run Plant Task.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Laser tag training reduces knee abduction moments and improves performance during change-of-direction movements.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Fake-cut maneuvers: biomechanical determinants of performance and ACL injury risk.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Temporal and Sex-Related Differences in Knee Biomechanics Over the Course of the Varsity Athletic Season: Pre- and Postseason Knee Kinematics in Collegiate Varsity Athletes Using Kinect.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCutting actions are associated with non-contact ACL injuries in multidirectional sports due to the propensity to generate large multiplanar knee joint loads (KJLs) that have the capacity to increase ACL loading and strain. Numerous studies have investigated the biomechanical determinants of KJLs in cutting tasks. The aim of this systematic review was to comprehensively review the literature regarding biomechanical determinants of KJLs during cutting, in order to develop a cutting technical framework alongside training recommendations for practitioners regarding KJL mitigation.
methodsDatabases (SPORTDiscus, Web of Science and PubMed) were systematically searched using a combination of the following terms: "Biomechanical determinants", or "Knee abduction moment", or "Technical determinants", or "Knee loading", or "Knee loads", or "Mechanical determinants", or "ACL strain", or "Knee adduction moment", or "Anterior tibial shear", or "Knee internal rotation moment", or "Knee valgus moment" AND "Change of direction", or "Cutting manoeuvre", or "Run and cut", or "Run-and-cut", or "Sidestepping", or "Side-stepping", or "Shuttle run". Inclusion criteria were as follows: studies examining a cutting task < 110° with a preceding approach run that examined biomechanical determinants of KJLs using three-dimensional motion analysis.
resultsThe search returned 6404 possibly eligible articles, and 6 identified through other sources. Following duplicate removal, 4421 titles and abstracts were screened, leaving 246 full texts to be screened for inclusion. Twenty-three full texts were deemed eligible for inclusion and identified numerous determinants of KJLs; 11 trunk, 11 hip, 7 knee, 3 multiplanar KJLs, 5 foot/ankle and 7 identifying ground reaction forces (GRFs) as determinants of KJLs.
conclusionUsing the framework developed from the results, cutting KJLs can be mitigated through the following: reducing lateral foot-plant distances, thus lowering hip abduction and orientating the foot closer to neutral with a mid-foot or forefoot placement strategy; minimising knee valgus and hip internal rotation angles and motion at initial contact (IC) and weight acceptance (WA); avoiding and limiting lateral trunk flexion and attempt to maintain an upright trunk position or trunk lean into the intended direction; and finally, reducing GRF magnitude during WA, potentially by attenuation through increased knee flexion and emphasising a greater proportion of braking during the penultimate foot contact (PFC).
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