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Category

Injury

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate landing kinematics and muscle activity differences in run-on and two-foot landings between attacking and defensive netball players. Eight British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) level female players performed eight run-on and eight two-foot landing trials. In comparison to two-foot landings, run-on landings promote a smaller peak flexion at the hip and ankle, smaller range of motion at the hip and knee, and a more acute touchdown angle at the hip and knee. Furthermore, attacking players displayed a less flexed knee angle at touchdown compare to defensive players. This suggests run-on landings promote a stiffer, more upright landing mechanism resulting in increased anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) loading, with attacking players exhibiting a more ACL-damaging landing mechanism.

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