Differences in joint loading during a side-step cutting manoeuvre on different artificial turf infill depths
Sujae IH, Abdul Jabbar K, Ong CY, Hamill J
Sports biomechanics · 1 citation
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- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
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- Mechanisms only
Who paid for it
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- Possibly industry funded
- Government
- Singapore Tote Board
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Publication
- Published
- 2020-03-12 · Sports Biomech · vol. 21 · issue 9 · pp. 981–992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Cited
- 6 citations · more than 3% of similar papers · 0.0× the field average
- References
- 29 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques · Sports injuries and prevention · Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Keywords
- Infill, Ankle, Kinematics, Geology, Orthodontics, Medicine, Mathematics, Structural engineering, Anatomy, Engineering, Physics
- MeSH
- knee, knee joint, humans, knee injuries, soccer, male, biomechanical phenomena, anterior cruciate ligament injuries
4 authors
From SG, US
- Ian Harris Sujae · correspondingRepublic Polytechnic
- Khalid Abdul JabbarKhoo Teck Puat Hospital; Geriatric Education and Research Institute
- Chin Yong OngRepublic Polytechnic
- Joseph HamillRepublic Polytechnic; University of Massachusetts Amherst
Abstract
This study investigated differences in joint loading during a side-step manoeuvre on artificial grass turfs with different infill depths. The kinematics and kinetics of 17 trained male inter-college soccer players performing the manoeuvre were captured using 10 high-speed optical cameras synchronised to a force-platform at sampling frequencies of 250 Hz and 1000 Hz respectively. Significantly larger lateral forces (GRFxpeak) (p = 0.036), larger anterior/posterior forces (GRFypeak) (p = 0.062) and larger vertical forces (GRFzpeak) (p = 0.390) suggests that turf with greater infill depths may be firmer. This could elicit greater stresses on the lower extremity, thereby increasing the risk of knee ligament injuries. Significant differences were reported only for ankle inversion angle (p = 0.001; ES = 0.74), inversion/eversion ankle moment (p = 0.039; ES = 0.52) and abduction-adduction ankle moment (p = 0.022; ES = 0.79) at GRFzpeak. Lower extremity adaptations to execute the manoeuvre on turf with greater infill depths may have taken place at the ankle rather than the knee. While this change in technique may implicate injuries, greater infill depths can be counter-intuitive where a certain level of hardness in the artificial turf might be necessary which otherwise could affect the athletes' performance and potentially reduce injury risk.
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