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An Inertial Measurement Unit Based Method to Estimate Hip and Knee Joint Kinematics in Team Sport Athletes on the Field
Published on: May 26, 2020
Jump Landing Kinematics: Establishing Normative Ranges For Male And Female Athletes
Jeffrey A Turner1, Matthew Hartshorne1, Kenneth L Cameron2
1Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
Context:
Lower extremity joint (LE) kinematics during landing tasks are important predictors of injury risk and performance outcomes in athletes.
Objective:
To establish sex-related differences and normative ranges for LE kinematics during the jump-landing task in a large cohort of healthy military service academy cadets.
Design:
Cross-Sectional Study.
Setting:
US Air Force, Naval, and Military Academies.
Participants:
5308 cadets (2062 females [38.8%]).
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Sex-related differences in LE kinematics were analyzed using independent samples t-tests. Mean differences (MD) and effect sizes (d) were reported for interpretability. Normative ranges for hip and knee joint angles were established separately for males and females at initial contact (IC) and 50% of the stance phase.
Results:
Compared to males, moderate effect sizes (d ≥ .5) were observed for knee external rotation (negative value) where females displayed greater motion at IC and at 50% stance (MD: - 3.9˚ and -5.0˚, respectively, p < .001). The following findings were of small effect size (.2 ≥ d > .5). Females exhibited less knee and hip flexion at IC (MD: -1.8˚ and -0.5˚, respectively, p < .001) and at 50% stance (MD: -4.1˚ and -4.6˚, respectfully, p < .001). This was accompanied by females having greater knee valgus (negative value) and hip adduction at IC (MD: -2.2˚ and 1.06˚, respectively, p < .001) and at 50% stance (MD: -3.2˚ and 1.8˚, respectfully, p < .001).
Conclusion:
This study establishes normative ranges for LE kinematics during the jump-landing task in a large cohort of healthy military service academy cadets entering their first year. Sex- related differences in LE kinematics were observed, highlighting the importance of considering sex as a factor in the evaluation of lower extremity movement quality and management of injury risk.
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