Soccer and volleyball players do not land differently: implications for anterior cruciate ligament injury risk

CONCLUSIONS: Soccer and volleyball players' landing strategies were thus similar in each task, in opposition to initial hypotheses. We might speculate that the higher anterior cruciate ligament injury rate in soccer may be more related to non-predictable factors than the isolated landing kinematics.PMID:38602036 | DOI:10.23736/S0022-4707.24.15769-6

Source: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness - April 11, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Claudia Brunetti Rodrigo Rabello Nicholas Poletti Lucas Silva Zandonato Alice Ranzini Filippo Bertozzi Chiarella Sforza Source Type: research