Christopher M Kuenze1,2, Stephanie Trigsted3, Caroline Lisee1, Eric Post3, David R Bell3,4. 1. Department of Kinesiology, College of Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 2. Division of Sports Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 3. Department of Kinesiology, School of Education, School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Wisconsin-Madison. 4. Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Abstract
CONTEXT:: After anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), women have a greater risk of incurring a second anterior cruciate ligament injury and they display different landing movement patterns than men. It remains unclear if clinical movement-assessment tools, such as the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), can detect sex differences in movement patterns after ACLR. OBJECTIVE: : To compare total LESS scores and individual LESS errors between men and women with a history of ACLR. DESIGN: : Cross-sectional study. SETTING: : Laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:: A total of 168 individuals (41 men and 127 women; mean age: men = 20 years [range, 19-25 years], women = 19 years [range, 18-20 years]; mean time since surgery: men = 21 months [range, 12-36 months], women = 27.5 months [range, 17-39 months]) with a history of primary, unilateral ACLR. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):: Participants completed a minimum of 3 trials of a drop vertical-jump task scored using the LESS. The between-sexes difference in LESS score was assessed using analysis of covariance, whereas the associations between participant sex and errors on each LESS item were assessed using logistic or multinomial regression. RESULTS: : Women displayed a greater number of total landing errors (men = 4.6 ± 2.3, women = 6.1 ± 2.3; P < .001) and were more likely to commit errors in trunk flexion at initial contact (men = 4.9%, women = 23.6%; odds ratio [OR] = 4.94), medial knee position at initial contact (men = 17.1%, women = 42.5%; OR = 6.01), medial knee displacement (men = 24.4%, women = 73.2%; OR = 7.88), total joint displacement (1 error: men = 58.5%, women = 71.7%, OR = 2.10; 2 errors: men = 7.3%, women = 14.2%, OR = 3.71), and overall impression (1 error: men = 75.6%, women = 84.3%, OR = 3.24; 2 errors: men = 2.4%, women = 10.2%, OR = 12.89) compared with men. CONCLUSIONS: : Women with ACLR displayed worse LESS scores and were more likely to commit errors related to medial knee displacement and overall landing quality than men with ACLR.
CONTEXT:: After anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), women have a greater risk of incurring a second anterior cruciate ligament injury and they display different landing movement patterns than men. It remains unclear if clinical movement-assessment tools, such as the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), can detect sex differences in movement patterns after ACLR. OBJECTIVE: : To compare total LESS scores and individual LESS errors between men and women with a history of ACLR. DESIGN: : Cross-sectional study. SETTING: : Laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:: A total of 168 individuals (41 men and 127 women; mean age: men = 20 years [range, 19-25 years], women = 19 years [range, 18-20 years]; mean time since surgery: men = 21 months [range, 12-36 months], women = 27.5 months [range, 17-39 months]) with a history of primary, unilateral ACLR. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):: Participants completed a minimum of 3 trials of a drop vertical-jump task scored using the LESS. The between-sexes difference in LESS score was assessed using analysis of covariance, whereas the associations between participant sex and errors on each LESS item were assessed using logistic or multinomial regression. RESULTS: : Women displayed a greater number of total landing errors (men = 4.6 ± 2.3, women = 6.1 ± 2.3; P < .001) and were more likely to commit errors in trunk flexion at initial contact (men = 4.9%, women = 23.6%; odds ratio [OR] = 4.94), medial knee position at initial contact (men = 17.1%, women = 42.5%; OR = 6.01), medial knee displacement (men = 24.4%, women = 73.2%; OR = 7.88), total joint displacement (1 error: men = 58.5%, women = 71.7%, OR = 2.10; 2 errors: men = 7.3%, women = 14.2%, OR = 3.71), and overall impression (1 error: men = 75.6%, women = 84.3%, OR = 3.24; 2 errors: men = 2.4%, women = 10.2%, OR = 12.89) compared with men. CONCLUSIONS: : Women with ACLR displayed worse LESS scores and were more likely to commit errors related to medial knee displacement and overall landing quality than men with ACLR.
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Keywords:
drop-jump landing; movement quality; return to sport
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