Kinetic and kinematic analysis of the lower extremities during a vertical drop-jump with and without an overhead target: Implications for ACL injury screening
Master thesis
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Former studies have indicated that knee valgus angles and -moments in
a Vertical Drop-Jump (VDJ) can predict future Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
injuries. The use of an overhead target has proved to improve effort on subjects
tested. This may in turn result in a test, which challenges the dynamic knee control to
a greater extent. The aims of the study were to investigate if:
1) Elite female handball and football and handball athletes improve jump-height
in overhead-target Vertical Drop Jumps compared to non-target Vertical Drop
Jumps. 2) An overhead-target induces changes in lower extremity frontal plane and
sagittal plane biomechanics, in elite female handball and football athletes?
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Masteroppgave - Norges idrettshøgskole, 2013