Asymmetrical lower limb loading during landing may lead to overuse knee injuries if one limb is required to repetitively attenuate greater load. Symmetry of the peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) and knee moment generated in the lead and trail lower limbs of healthy female volleyball players during landing from a lateral-moving jump were determined. Each participant performed five jump-...

This paper investigates the feasibility of using machine learning algorithms to predict the loads experienced by a landing gear during landing. For this purpose, results on drop test data and flight test data will be examined. This paper will focus on the use of Gaussian Process regression for the prediction of loads on components of a landing gear. For the learning task, comprehensive measurem...

1. The role of vision in controlling leg muscle activation in landing from a drop was investigated. Subjects (n = 8) performed 10 drops from four heights (0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 m) with and without vision. Drop height was maintained constant throughout each block of trials to allow adaptation. The aim of the study was to assess the extent to which proprioceptive and vestibular information could ...

PURPOSE It was the purpose of the present study to examine the possibility of increased muscle coordination after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction through the wearing of a compression sleeve. METHODS Thirty-six patients were studied who had undergone unilateral ACL reconstruction at least 12 months previously. All subjects were required to perform a 10-cm standing drop jump fro...

The purpose of our study was to present an accidental ankle ‘giving way’ case of a participant with chronic ankle instability (CAI) during drop landing test and compare lower extremity biomechanics with that of the participant’s normal landing trials. A 7-camera Vicon system was used to capture motions of the participant drop landing from a 30-cm high box. Ground reaction forces were collected ...

The increased number of women participating in sports has led to a higher knee injury rate in women compared with men. Among these injuries, those occurring to the ACL are commonly observed during landing maneuvers. The purpose of this study was to determine gender differences in landing strategies during unilateral and bilateral landings. Sixteen male and 17 female recreational athletes were r...

The purpose of this study was to investigate muscle activation patterns during a landing task in boys and girls through the use of muscle synergies. Electromyographical data from six lower extremity muscles were collected from 11 boys and 16 girls while they performed single-leg drop-landings. Electromyographical data from six leg muscles were rectified, smoothed, and normalized to maximum dyna...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of fatigue on the impact forces and sagittal plane kinematics of the lower extremities in a drop landing task. 15 male collegiate athletes were recruited. Five successful trials of a drop landing task were obtained during prefatigue and postfatigue in two fatigue protocols (constant speed running fatigue protocol [R-FP] and shuttle running +...