- Title
- Jump-landing mechanics in patellar tendinopathy in elite youth basketballers
- Creator
- Harris, Meaghan; Schultz, Adrian; Drew, Michael K.; Rio, Ebonie; Charlton, Paula; Edwards, Suzi
- Relation
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports Vol. 30, Issue 3, p. 540-548
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.13595
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Patellar tendinopathy (PT) is a leading cause of morbidity in jump-landing athletes. Landing mechanics are identified as a factor associated with PT and/or patellar tendon abnormality. This study aimed to identify key jump-landing variables associated with PT. Thirty-six junior elite basketball players (men n = 18, women n = 18) were recruited from a Basketball Australia development camp. Three-dimensional (3D) kinematic and ground reaction force (GRF) data during a stop-jump task were collected as well as ultrasound scans of the patellar tendons and recall history of training load data. Mixed-model factorial analyses of variance were used to determine any significant between-group differences. Of the 23 participants included for statistical analyses, 11 had normal bilateral patellar tendons (controls) and eight reported PT (currently symptomatic); however, the four participants categorized as asymptomatic with patellar tendon abnormality on diagnostic imaging were excluded from statistical analyses due to their small sample size. Athletes with PT displayed a similar knee flexion angle at initial foot-ground contact (IC) and hip extension strategy during a stop-jump horizontal landing. Despite a similar kinematic technique, athletes with PT utilized a strategy of a longer stance duration phase from IC to peak force. This strategy did not lead to those athletes with PT decreasing their peak vertical GRF nor patellar tendon force during landing but enabled these athletes to land with a lower rate of loading (control 59.2 ± 39.3 vs. PT 29.4 ± 33.7 BW.s-1). Athletes with PT still reported significantly reduced training volume (control 4.9 ± 1.8 vs PT 1.8 ± 1.1 sessions/wk; total training time/wk control 2.4 ± 1.0 vs PT 1.4 ± 1.1 h/wk).
- Subject
- biomechanics; kinematics; kinetics; landing strategies; patellar tendon
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1449931
- Identifier
- uon:43781
- Identifier
- ISSN:0905-7188
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Harris, Meaghan; Schultz, Adrian; Drew, Michael K.; Rio, Ebonie; Charlton, Paula; Edwards, Suzi. “Jump-landing mechanics in patellar tendinopathy in elite youth basketballers”. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports Vol. 30, Issue 3, p. 540-548 (2020), which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.13595. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
- Language
- eng
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