ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2023
Anticipatory effects on side-step cutting biomechanics in Women's Australian Football League players.
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- Effects of Anticipation and Dual-Tasking on Lower Limb Biomechanics While Performing Change-of-Direction Tasks in Physically Active Individuals: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Adding a weight to constrain the trunk increases knee joint kinetics during sidestep cutting in female athletes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Acute biomechanical responses to stroboscopic vision during change-of-direction tasks in elite rugby athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Biomechanical differences in lower limb movements during lifting tasks before and after fatigue.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Kinetic analysis of change of direction simulating a defensive action in soccer players with and without acute fatigue.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Influences of fatigue and anticipation on female soccer players' biomechanical characteristics during 180° pivot turn: implication for risk and prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injury.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Development of a Cutting Technique Modification Training Program and Evaluation of its Effects on Movement Quality and Cutting Performance in Male Adolescent American Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Reactive side-step cutting manoeuvres are linked to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in Women's Australian Football League (AFLW) matches. We explored knee joint moments and ground reaction forces (GRFs) in AFLW players when performing anticipated and unanticipated side-stepping. Methods: Sixteen AFLW players (age=25.3±4.2 years; height=1.71±0.06 m; mass=68.4±4.7 kg) completed anticipated and unanticipated side-stepping trials during which full-body three-dimensional kinematics and kinetics were recorded. One-dimensional statistical parametric mapping paired t-tests were used to compare three-dimensional knee moments during weight acceptance and GRFs during the stance phase between anticipated and unanticipated conditions. Results: Unanticipated side-stepping incurred lower knee flexion (18%-39% of stance, p<0.01) and abduction (11%-24% of stance, p<0.01) moments. Braking and propulsive GRFs were lower and higher, respectively, across the majority of stance phase (6%-90% of stance, p<0.01) in unanticipated side-stepping. Vertical GRFs were lower in unanticipated side-stepping in the early stance phase (14%-29% of stance, p<0.01). Conclusion: Contrary to existing literature, AFLW players exhibited knee joint moments associated with reduced ACL loading when performing unanticipated side-stepping. Players appeared to adopt a 'cautious' approach to the unanticipated side-step (ie, decelerating at the change of direction), by reducing braking and vertical GRFs in the early stance phase of cutting. This approach may be implausible to employ or detrimental to performance during matches. AFLW ACL injury prevention programmes may be enhanced with greater exposure to scenarios that replicate reactive match-play demands when aiming to improve side-stepping biomechanics.
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