Effectiveness of a 6-week injury prevention program on kinematics and kinetic variables in adolescent female soccer players: A pilot study

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dc.contributor.authorOrtiz, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorTrudelle-Jackson, Elaine
dc.contributor.authorMcConnell, Keegan
dc.contributor.authorWylie, Stephanie
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-6542
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-18T21:26:16Z
dc.date.available2022-03-18T21:26:16Z
dc.date.issued2010-03
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Incidence of knee injuries in female soccer players is 2-6 times that of male counterparts. The objective was to determine whether an injury prevention program incorporated into the athlete’s regular soccer practice is effective for improving landing mechanics. METHODS: Two competitive adolescent female soccer teams (n = 30) participated in the study. One team served as the control group while the other team participated in a 6-week injury prevention program. Muscle strength, muscle length, and 3-dimensional kinematics and kinetics during a single legged drop jump and single legged squat task were measured pre and post-intervention. A 2 x 2 repeated measures multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA’s) were used to compare strength and flexibility measures as well as knee joint kinematics and kinetics. Significant multivariate results were followed with appropriate univariate analyses. RESULTS: Quadriceps strength increased significantly (p=.004) following the injury prevention program while other strength and flexibility measurements were unchanged. Differences in knee joint angles and moments during the drop jump and squat tasks showed varied results with a tendency for improvement in the intervention group. CONCLUSIONS: Flexibility and strength do not appear to be affected by a short injury prevention program. Knee joint injury predisposing factors improved minimally but did not reach statistical significance with a short injury prevention program integrated as warm-up into soccer practice. Further research with a larger sample size is needed to explore the effectiveness of such programs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThis is a published version of an article that is available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20222333/. Recommended citation: Ortiz, A., Trudelle-Jackson, E., McConnell, K., & Wylie, S. (2010). Effectiveness of a 6-week injury prevention program on kinematics and kinetic variables in adolescent female soccer players: a pilot study. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 29(1), 40-48. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/13535
dc.identifier.urihttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20222333/
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campusen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0
dc.subjectACLen_US
dc.subjectDrop jumpen_US
dc.subjectKneeen_US
dc.subjectLandingen_US
dc.subjectSocceren_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of a 6-week injury prevention program on kinematics and kinetic variables in adolescent female soccer players: A pilot studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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