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Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury

Although prevention is better than treatment, after a knee injury occurs, the adjustment of the movement technique back to the posture before the injury and the restoration of accuracy is very important for professional and amateur players. This study aimed to compare the differences in lower limb m...

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Autores principales: Lin, Zi-Jun, Peng, Yi-Chien, Yang, Chun-Ju, Hsu, Chung-Yuan, Hamill, Joseph, Tang, Wen-Tzu
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10215287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37237695
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10050626
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author Lin, Zi-Jun
Peng, Yi-Chien
Yang, Chun-Ju
Hsu, Chung-Yuan
Hamill, Joseph
Tang, Wen-Tzu
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Peng, Yi-Chien
Yang, Chun-Ju
Hsu, Chung-Yuan
Hamill, Joseph
Tang, Wen-Tzu
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description Although prevention is better than treatment, after a knee injury occurs, the adjustment of the movement technique back to the posture before the injury and the restoration of accuracy is very important for professional and amateur players. This study aimed to compare the differences in lower limb mechanics during the golf downswing between those with and without a history of knee joint injury. A total of 20 professional golfers with single-digit handicaps were recruited for this study, 10 of whom had a knee injury history (KIH+), while another 10 players were without a knee injury history (KIH−). From the 3D analysis, selected kinematic and kinetic parameters during the downswing were analyzed using an independent samples t-test with a significance level of α = 0.05. During the downswing, individuals with KIH+ exhibited a smaller hip flexion angle, smaller ankle abduction angle, and larger ankle adduction/abduction range of motion (ROM). Moreover, there was no significant difference found in the knee joint moment. Athletes with a history of knee injury can adjust the motion angles of their hip and ankle joints (e.g., by avoiding excessive forward leaning of the trunk and maintaining stable foot posture without inward or outward rotation) to minimize the impact of changes in their movement patterns resulting from the injury.
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spelling pubmed-102152872023-05-27 Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury Lin, Zi-Jun Peng, Yi-Chien Yang, Chun-Ju Hsu, Chung-Yuan Hamill, Joseph Tang, Wen-Tzu Bioengineering (Basel) Article Although prevention is better than treatment, after a knee injury occurs, the adjustment of the movement technique back to the posture before the injury and the restoration of accuracy is very important for professional and amateur players. This study aimed to compare the differences in lower limb mechanics during the golf downswing between those with and without a history of knee joint injury. A total of 20 professional golfers with single-digit handicaps were recruited for this study, 10 of whom had a knee injury history (KIH+), while another 10 players were without a knee injury history (KIH−). From the 3D analysis, selected kinematic and kinetic parameters during the downswing were analyzed using an independent samples t-test with a significance level of α = 0.05. During the downswing, individuals with KIH+ exhibited a smaller hip flexion angle, smaller ankle abduction angle, and larger ankle adduction/abduction range of motion (ROM). Moreover, there was no significant difference found in the knee joint moment. Athletes with a history of knee injury can adjust the motion angles of their hip and ankle joints (e.g., by avoiding excessive forward leaning of the trunk and maintaining stable foot posture without inward or outward rotation) to minimize the impact of changes in their movement patterns resulting from the injury. MDPI 2023-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10215287/ /pubmed/37237695 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10050626 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lin, Zi-Jun
Peng, Yi-Chien
Yang, Chun-Ju
Hsu, Chung-Yuan
Hamill, Joseph
Tang, Wen-Tzu
Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury
title Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury
title_full Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury
title_fullStr Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury
title_full_unstemmed Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury
title_short Lower Limb Biomechanics during the Golf Downswing in Individuals with and without a History of Knee Joint Injury
title_sort lower limb biomechanics during the golf downswing in individuals with and without a history of knee joint injury
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10215287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37237695
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10050626
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