- Title
- Thirty-seven jump-landing biomechanical variables are associated with asymptomatic patellar tendon abnormality and patellar tendinopathy: a systematic review
- Creator
- Harris, Meaghan; Schultz, Adrian; Drew, Michael K.; Rio, Ebonie; Adams, Stuart; Edwards, Suzi
- Relation
- Physical Therapy in Sport Vol. 45, p. 38-55
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.03.011
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Objective: To identify studies that report three-dimensional (3D) biomechanical analysis of jump-landing tasks in relation to athletes with current patellar tendinopathy (PT), and/or asymptomatic with history of PT or patellar tendon abnormality (PTA) on diagnostic imaging. Methods: Five electronic databases were searched. Included articles were required to: (1) investigate the 3D biomechanics of a jump-landing task; (2) be cross-sectional or longitudinal in design; and (3) include participants that had symptomatic PT, were asymptomatic with a history of PT, asymptomatic with PTA on diagnostic imaging and/or asymptomatic with an unknown pathology or PT history. Results: Thirty-seven statistically significant jump-landing variables were associated with PT, history of PT and/or PTA. The only consistent variable that could be replicated between studies was knee flexion angle at initial foot-ground contact (IC) and an altered hip flexion/extension strategy during a horizontal land phase of a vertical stop-jump. Conclusion: Isolated vertical landings or take-offs alone may not be sensitive enough to identify key jump-landing variables associated with PT, thus clinicians and researchers should incorporate a whole jump-landing task with a horizontal landing component. Sagital plane hip and knee kinematics in a horizontal landing phase appear to provide the most valuable information for evaluating those with PT.
- Subject
- tendinopathy; biomechanics; knee; landing
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1439442
- Identifier
- uon:40926
- Identifier
- ISSN:1466-853X
- Language
- eng
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