Is there a performance-injury conflict between maximum horizontal deceleration and surrogates of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury?
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Lin, J., Dos'Santos, T., Li, W., Wang, X. and Turner, A. 2025. Is there a performance-injury conflict between maximum horizontal deceleration and surrogates of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury? European Journal of Sport Science. 25 (8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.70014
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | Is there a performance-injury conflict between maximum horizontal deceleration and surrogates of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury? |
| Authors | Lin, J., Dos'Santos, T., Li, W., Wang, X. and Turner, A. |
| Abstract | This study aimed to examine the biomechanical determinants of horizontal deceleration and their correlations with non-contact ACL injury surrogates (e.g., knee joint moments). Thirty-two male team-sport players (Age: 21.85 ± 0.33 yrs; Height: 1.80 ± 0.11 m; Mass: 71.28 ± 1.39 kg) performed horizontal deceleration following 15 m sprints. Lower limb kinetics and kinematics of the first braking step were collected using 3D motion and force plates, and deceleration was assessed using radar gun. The Pearson correlation was used to determine correlations between selected variables and p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Greater peak and mean horizontal deceleration were significantly correlated (p ≤ 0.05) with greater mean horizontal braking GRF (r = 0.52 and 0.41) and greater mean horizontal braking GRF ratio (r = 0.43 and 0.48). Greater knee joint loading (knee flexion moment, knee abduction moment, and knee internal rotation moment) were significantly correlated (p ≤ 0.05) with greater peak and mean vertical braking GRF (r = 0.30-0.41) and greater peak resultant braking GRF (r = 0.33-0.48). There were non-significant correlations between mean and peak deceleration and knee joint loading variables (p > 0.05). Therefore, deceleration strategies that emphasize greater horizontal and posteriorly orientated forces during the first contact of deceleration appear effective for facilitating more effective deceleration, without concomitant increases in the loading of non-contact ACL injury surrogates. |
| Keywords | biomechanical determinants; deceleration; knee; noncontact ACL injury |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 3 Good health and well-being |
| Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Journal | European Journal of Sport Science |
| ISSN | 1746-1391 |
| Electronic | 1536-7290 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 18 Jul 2025 |
| Aug 2025 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Submitted | 10 Jan 2025 |
| Accepted | 24 Jun 2025 |
| Deposited | 08 Jul 2025 |
| Output status | Published |
| Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
| Copyright Statement | © 2025 The Author(s). European Journal of Sport Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH on behalf of European College of Sport Science. |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.70014 |
| Language | English |
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