SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2025
Relationship between Cognitive Demands and Biomechanical Indicators Associated with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Unplanned movement tasks requiring rapid decision-making: a scoping review of study characteristics and methodological approaches.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Preventive interventions on ACL injury reduction based on the landing error scoring system evaluation tool: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of sport specific unplanned movements on ankle kinetics and kinematics in healthy athletes from systematic review with meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- Anterior cruciate ligament rupture during a cognitively demanding change-of-direction task in football: biomechanical insights from a laboratory injury.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Baseline cognitive performance moderates ACL injury-related knee biomechanics during unanticipated sidestep cutting in highly trained male soccer players.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Effects of Visual Perturbation on Single-Leg Drop Jump Biomechanics in Patients Post-Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of a Visual Dual-Task on Single-Leg Countermovement-Jump in Male Professional Soccer Players with Lower-Limb Injuries: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Knee Health Is a Major Determinant of Mobility Across the Healthspan.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- The impact of mental fatigue on the risk of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury during sharp stop-jump maneuver in male college students.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Impact of mental fatigue on lower limb biomechanics and non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in basketball players during the stop-jump task: a self-controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Cognitive Control After ACL Reconstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study on Impaired Proactive Inhibition Compared to Healthy Controls.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Persistent cognitive deficits in ACL-injured athletes despite of rehabilitation: an observational longitudinal study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Impact of unanticipated and backhand area smash landing on the lower limb biomechanics of female badminton players.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Effects of mental fatigue on biomechanical characteristics and risk associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries during landing.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Neurophysiology of ACL Injury.Orthopedic reviews · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during contact sports has a high incidence that has not been reduced despite the immense resources devoted to understanding its aetiology. A neurocognitive approach could increase knowledge of the mechanisms contributing to ACL injury enabling practitioners to address and minimise future risk.
objectiveTo systematically review the influence of manipulating cognitive demands during motor tasks (i.e. degree of uncertainty) on biomechanical variables associated with ACL injury risk.
methodsA systematic review was performed according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions by searching the major sporting electronic databases. The search strategy included four groups of terms and was conducted by two authors independently. All studies were screened using unique inclusion criteria, with the included studies assessed for risk of bias.
resultsTwenty-five studies were identified from 2031 records and included into the review process. During the experimental conditions where cognitive demands were higher, most biomechanical indicators associated with a greater risk of ACL injury during landing and cutting tasks were significantly enhanced compared with conditions with low or no cognitive demands.
conclusionsAn increase in task complexity through cognitive load significantly leads to changes in mechanisms associated with ACL injury during single-leg landings and cutting movements. Consequently, coaches and exercise professionals should consider inclusion of dual-task paradigms or uncertainty during injury risk assessment scenarios and injury prevention programs to help identify athletes at risk of ACL injury and reduce ACL injury frequency. REGISTRATION: This protocol was registered in the PROSPERO database ( https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO ) in May 2022, with the registration number CRD42022315795.
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