The Effect of Different Instruction Trainings in Semi-Professional Female Athletes

Launched by BAHÇEŞEHIR UNIVERSITY · May 17, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Approximately 70% of lower extremity injuries occur during non-contact, single-leg landings, and jumping to the ground is a common injury mechanism in both genders. Additionally, female athletes have higher injury rates compared to men, potentially due to anatomical differences of the lower kinematic chain. Events in which athletes experience non-contact ACL injuries generally show many common biomechanical features such as increased ground reaction forces during single-leg landing, decreased joint flexion in the sagittal plane of the ankle, knee, hip and trunk, as well as increased knee in...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being female
• • Being between the ages of 18-24
• • Body mass index being between 18.5 kg/m2 and 25 kg/m2
• • Becoming a minor league basketball or volleyball player
• • Volunteers must not have suffered any trunk or lower extremity injuries in the last 6 months before participation in the study.
• • Having a frontal plane projection angle greater than 100 during the single-leg squat test
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • • Having experienced a trunk or lower extremity injury in the last 6 months before the date of study
• • Having a history of fracture or dislocation in the lower extremity
• • Having suffered from back pain in the past years
• • Having a musculoskeletal system abnormality
• • Being unable to perform functional tasks (visual, auditory, vestibular or neurological impairment)
• • Being pregnant
• • Having malignancy and metabolic diseases

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