Lower extremity mechanics during landing after a volleyball block as a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury

Zahradník, David; Jandacka, Daniel; Uchytil, Jaroslav; Farana, Roman; Hamill, Joseph

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2014.04.003

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“…These results might be related to lower limb movement, wherein a negative correlation between knee flexion and the magnitude of the peak GRF is found [ 41 , 42 ]. This could be also due to the nature of volleyball wherein, rather than gymnastics during landing, volleyball players must control their GRF quickly in order to react to any other unexpected stimuli incoming from the game [ 43 ]. Even though a study in volleyball suggested that impact force attenuation depended on the height of the drop [ 39 ], these results indicate that volleyball players have fewer lower limb injuries because the game seems to be associated with strategies of impact force attenuation.…”

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Children’s Single-Leg Landing Movement Capability Analysis According to the Type of Sport Practiced

Estevan

Monfort-Torres

Farana

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(1) Background: Understanding children’s motor patterns in landing is important not only for sport performance but also to prevent lower limb injury. The purpose of this study was to analyze children’s lower limb joint angles and impact force during single-leg landings (SLL) in different types of jumping sports using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). (2) Methods: Thirty children (53.33% girls, M = 10.16 years-old, standard deviation (SD) = 1.52) divided into three groups (gymnastics, volleyball and control) participated in the study. The participants were asked to do SLLs with the dominant lower limb (barefoot) on a force plate from a height of 25 cm. The vertical ground reaction force (GRF) and lower limb joint angles were assessed. SPM{F} one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and SPM{t} unpaired t-tests were performed during the landing and stability phases. (3) Results: A significant main effect was found in the landing phase of jumping sport practice in GRF and joint angles. During the stability phase, this effect was exhibited in ankle and knee joint angles. (4) Conclusions: Evidence was obtained of the influence of practicing a specific sport in childhood. Child volleyball players performed SLL with lower impact force and higher knee flexion than child gymnasts. Training in specific jumping sports (i.e., volleyball and gymnastics) could affect the individual capacity to adapt SLL execution.

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Children’s Single-Leg Landing Movement Capability Analysis According to the Type of Sport Practiced

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Farana

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“…Players are required to perform multiple technically complex movements in volleyball competitions. Research studies have shown that sports that require cutting, stop-jumps, landing or sudden deceleration before changing direction usually result in acute injuries to the knee [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] including a Meniscus tear and non-contact anterior cruciate ligament tears [ 4 , 5 ]. The spike jump (SPJ) is one of the most important skills in determining tactical success in volleyball, which can be improved by biofeedback [ 6 , 7 ].…”

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“…The spike jump (SPJ) is one of the most important skills in determining tactical success in volleyball, which can be improved by biofeedback [ 6 , 7 ]. The adverse biomechanics of the lower limb during an SPJ increases knee injury risk in volleyball [ 2 ] and poor landing biomechanics of lower limbs especially link to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or patella-femoral joint (PFJ) injury [ 8 , 9 ]. To our knowledge, there is no effective training protocol or guidelines that can improve poor biomechanics in volleyball.…”

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The Effects of Internal Attention on Knee Biomechanics in Volleyball Spike Jump through Augmented Video Feedback

Wang

Huang

2021

Brain Sciences

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Poor knee biomechanics in a volleyball spike jump generally result in a higher knee injury risk, which can be altered by an internal focus of attention (FOA). The constrained action hypothesis (CAH) purports that the FOA inhibits sports performance whereas no ecologically valid evidence has been found in previous studies. The purpose of this research is to explore the effect of video feedback on knee biomechanics in a volleyball spike jump including landing and take-off phases. The video feedback was performed in a natural way. Fourteen volleyball male players were recruited in this study. A paired t-test was used to detect the effect of the feedback; meanwhile, statistical parameter mapping (SPM) statistics were used for the continuum differences during movement. After biofeedback, the initial contact flexion angle of the knee (t = 2.179, p = 0.049), the maximal flexion angle of the knee (t = 3.242, p = 0.006) and the maximal internal rotation angular velocity of the knee (t = 5.209, p = 0.003) increased significantly; the maximal extension moment of the knee (t = 3.962, p < 0.001) and the maximal flexion moment of the knee (t = −3.711, p = 0.002) significantly decreased; the maximal abduction moment significantly decreased (t = 3.069, p = 0.037) but the maximal internal rotation moment significantly increased (t = 2.813, p = 0.018); the first peak of the vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) (t = 7.618, p < 0.001) and the average loading rate to the first peak (t = 4.205, p = 0.004) significantly decreased; the other peaks of the vGRF were not found to have differences; a larger knee flexion was found during the phase from 31.17 to 73.19% (t = 2.611, p = 0.012); a larger adduction angular velocity was found during the phase from 49.07 to 62.46% (t = 3.148, p = 0.004); a smaller external rotational angular velocity was found during the phase from 45.85 to 49.96% (t = 5.011 p = 0.017); there was an increased flexion moment of the knee during the phase from 19.72 to 21.38% (t = 0.029, p = 0.029) and an external moment of the knee during the phase from 85.55 to 95.06% (t = 4.214, p < 0.001); the vGRF significantly decreased during the phase from 3.13 to 5.94% (t = 4.096, p = 0.014) and 19.83–21.97% (t = 4.096, p = 0.024) but significantly increased in the phase of 91.43–100% (t = 4.096, p < 0.001). The impulse of the vGRF and knee power were not found to be different compared with before biofeedback. Therefore, our study suggests video feedback in a natural practice has the potential to improve knee movement whilst not altering the performance in a volleyball spike jump. This indicates that the CAH theory is possibly not suitable in a real competition. Due to the complexity of human movements and the limitations of this study, muscle activities must be considered in the future.

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“…The players of both sports games are exposed to injuries both during competitions and training. The most common among volleyball players are ankle joint and knee joint injuries as a result of repeated maximum jumps during attack and defence [10][11][12]. Basketball is a contact sport, hence one of the causes of injuries are collisions with an opponent [13,14].…”

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Sex-and sport related differences in the personality traits students in volleyball, basketball and judo athletes

Obmiński

Mroczkowska

Jagiełło

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Background and Study Aim. Psychology is a very important field of knowledge in every area of human life, and personality and temperament have a large impact on the quality of human life, including mental and physical health, and indirectly on the results achieved in elite sport. The purpose of the study was to verify the assumption that there are differences in the psychological profile of professional sportsman students depending on the gender and type of sports discipline. Material and methods. The research covered athletes of both sexes belonging to academic sports clubs practicing volleyball, basketball and judo. The size of each of the six groups was 24 people. Standardized psychological tests were used to determine the levels of selected personality and temperamental traits: trait anxiety, neuroticism, extraversion, briskness, perseveration, sensory sensitivity, emotional reactivity, endurance, activity, and six components of aggressiveness: physical aggressiveness, verbal aggressiveness, indirect aggressiveness, negativism, suspiciousness, resentment, irritability, overall and guilty sense. Two-way analysis of variance (sex * sport) was used to assess the differences between the groups. Results. Women showed higher trait anxiety, extraversion, perseveration, emotional reactivity results and lower physical aggressiveness levels compared to men. Basketball practitioners had the lowest levels of aggressiveness components, and the highest levels of briskness. Conclusions. The results suggest that the psychological profile of women participating in competitive sports may account for a higher emotional cost than men in terms of competition and failure. This fact should be taken into account by the coaches of female sports teams. The differences between sports may be due to the different structure of the task.

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Lower extremity mechanics during landing after a volleyball block as a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury

Cited by 31 publications

References 23 publications

Children’s Single-Leg Landing Movement Capability Analysis According to the Type of Sport Practiced

Children’s Single-Leg Landing Movement Capability Analysis According to the Type of Sport Practiced

The Effects of Internal Attention on Knee Biomechanics in Volleyball Spike Jump through Augmented Video Feedback

Sex-and sport related differences in the personality traits students in volleyball, basketball and judo athletes

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