Category
Clinical Biomechanics
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify lower limb joint power and work in countermovement jumps (CMJ) in children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A). Therefore, previously collected CMJ data of seven children with CMT1A were compared to seven age- and sex-matched typically developing children (TDC). We focused on the parameters angles, moments, power and work of the hip, knee and ankle joint. In the knee and ankle joints, significantly lower values of power, positive work, and total work were found in children with CMT1A. Furthermore, a lower percentage of knee and ankle contributions to total work was found when compared with TDC. This study might be an addition to previous findings concerning reduced jumping performance in patients with CMT and might therefore provide further information for therapeutic and training plans.
Recommended Citation
Engler, Laura; Dobler, Florian; Broser, Philip J.; and Alexander, Nathalie
(2024)
"LOWER LIMB JOINT WORK DURING COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMPS IN CHILDREN WITH CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH TYPE 1A,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 185.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/185
