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Table 7 Studies identifying GRFs, penultimate foot contact and braking strategy as contributory to KJLS

From: Biomechanical Determinants of Knee Joint Loads Associated with Increased Anterior Cruciate Ligament Loading During Cutting: A Systematic Review and Technical Framework

Study

Participants

Cuts used

Findings

David et al., 2018 [57]

67 healthy participants (35 M, 32 F)

90° PP cutting manoeuvre

EARLY pre-orientation = ↓ PEN step width and ↑ pelvis rotation leading to FF strike pattern and sig ↑ load absorbed through the ankle as opposed to knee (43.8% vs 32.5% and 35% vs 40% respectively)

Jones et al., 2015 [36]

26 elite and sub-elite F soccer players

10 m approach 3 m exit of PP 90° cut

pHBFR exhibits no relationship to KAM (R = .03, R2 = < 1%)

LLPD = moderately correlated with KAM (R = .59)

mGRF sig correlated to LLPD (R = .45, p = 0.05; R2 = 20%)

“High risk” (exhibiting KAMs + 0.5 SD above the mean) had a substantially greater inward foot rotation compared to the low-risk cohort (0.5 SD below the mean) (14.7 ± 0.9° vs. 5.5 ± 1.2° respectively).

Jones et al., 2016 [58]

22 elite F soccer players

PP 10 m approach 90° cutting task with 5 m exit

Average hGRF during PEN sig related to KAM in cutting (R = − 0.569, R2 = 32%, P = 0.006)

McBurnie et al., 2019 [60]

34 elite and sub-elite M soccer players

PP 70–90° cutting task with a 10-m approach and 3 m exit

No sig relationships observed between any PEN hGRF variables.

Moderate effect size (d = 0.9, p = 0.05) for average hGRF in PEN between fast and slow performers

Horizontal approach velocity sig moderately correlated to KAM (R = 0.414, p = 0.015)

Sigward et al., 2007 [53]

61 F soccer players

45° PP cutting task

Sig ↑ lGRF in “excessive valgus” group (1.5 ± 0.9 vs 0.4 ± 0.5 N/Kg BW; p = < 0.001)

Sigward et al., 2015 [37]

45 (20 F, 25 M) healthy soccer players

45 and 110° UP cutting tasks with 7 m approach

vGRF = R2 = 37%, R = 0.607, p = < 0.001 of KAMs in 45° cuts

pGRF = R2 = 19%, R = 0.460, p = 0.001 of KAMs in 110° cuts

Vanrenterghem et al., 2012 [38]

14 healthy F athletes

45° PP cutting task at incrementally increasing velocities

2 m s−1

3 m s−1

4 m s−1

5 m s−1

Increased approach velocity = sig ↑ KAMs (p = 0.05), sig ↑ pGRFs (p = 0.0005), sig ↑ mGRFs (p = 0.0005)

  1. FF forefoot, RF rearfoot, pKFM peak knee flexor moment, KAM peak knee abduction moment, vGRF vertical ground reaction force, pGRF posterior ground reaction force, hGRF horizontal ground reaction force, mGRF medial ground reaction force, LLPD lateral leg-plant distance, lGRF lateral ground reaction force, pHBFR peak horizontal braking force ratio, PEN penultimate, IC initial contact, PP pre-planned, UP unplanned, M male, F female, ↑ increased, ↓ decreased, R2 coefficient of determination, sig significantly, m s−1 metres per second