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    Impact of prior anterior cruciate ligament, hamstring or groin injury on lower limb strength and jump kinetics in elite female footballers


    Collings, Tyler J., Diamond, Laura E., Barrett, Rod S., Timmins, Ryan G., Hickey, Jack, du Moulin, William S., Gonçalves, Basílio A.M., Cooper, Christopher and Bourne, Matthew N. (2021) Impact of prior anterior cruciate ligament, hamstring or groin injury on lower limb strength and jump kinetics in elite female footballers. Physical Therapy in Sport, 52. pp. 297-304. ISSN 1466-853X

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    Abstract

    Objective: To compare lower limb strength and countermovement jump (CMJ) kinetics between elite female footballers with and without a history of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), hamstring strain, or hip/groin injury. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Field-based. Participants: 369 elite female Australian football, soccer and rugby league players aged 15e35. Main outcome measures: Isometric hip adductor and abductor strength, eccentric knee flexor strength, and CMJ vertical ground reaction forces, including between-leg asymmetry. Players reported their lifetime history of ACLR, and whether they had sustained a hamstring strain, or hip/groin injury in the previous 12-months. Results: Players with a unilateral history of ACLR (n ¼ 24) had significant between-leg asymmetry in eccentric knee flexor strength (mean ¼ -6.3%, 95%CI ¼ -8.7 to -3.9%, P < .001), isometric hip abductor strength (mean ¼ -2.5%, 95%CI ¼ -4.3 to -0.7%, P ¼ .008), and CMJ peak landing force (mean ¼ -5.5%, 95%CI ¼ -10.9 to -0.1%, P ¼ .046). Together, between-leg asymmetry in eccentric knee flexor strength, isometric hip abductor strength, and CMJ peak landing force distinguished between players with and without prior ACLR with 93% accuracy. Conclusion: Elite female footballers with a history of ACLR, but not hamstring or hip/groin injury, exhibit persistent between-leg asymmetries in lower limb strength and jump kinetics following a return to sport.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Rehabilitation; Biomechanics; Asymmetry; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Screening;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Sports Science and Nutrition
    Item ID: 17931
    Identification Number: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.10.009
    Depositing User: Jack Hickey
    Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2023 12:29
    Journal or Publication Title: Physical Therapy in Sport
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/17931
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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