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How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury?
Purpose The goal of the current study was to ascertain whether there is an association between foot pronation and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in a group of elite professional soccer players. Methods Two groups of soccer players were studied, all of whom played in the Greek Super League....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38021974 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47850 |
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author | Kakavas, Georgios Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos G Forelli, Florian Mazeas, Jean Skarpas, George Maffuli, Nicola |
author_facet | Kakavas, Georgios Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos G Forelli, Florian Mazeas, Jean Skarpas, George Maffuli, Nicola |
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description | Purpose The goal of the current study was to ascertain whether there is an association between foot pronation and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in a group of elite professional soccer players. Methods Two groups of soccer players were studied, all of whom played in the Greek Super League. The ACL group included players who had suffered an ACL injury in the last 2 years. The non-ACL group was composed of players who had never suffered an ACL injury. We used a 3D baropodometric laser scanner to measure pronation or overpronation (navicular drop phenomenon) of the subtalar joint and how this affects the subtalar joint while standing. We assessed ACL laxity using the Genourob Rotab. Results ACL-injured patients, regardless of the mechanism of injury, exhibited greater navicular drop values than a randomly selected group of subjects with no history of ACL injury. Conclusion Greater knee joint laxity and subtalar pronation may be associated with an increased risk of ACL injury. Pronation of the foot appears to be a risk factor for ACL injury. These findings should be integrated into future studies to better define how neuromuscular control related to lower extremity biomechanics is associated with ACL injury. |
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spelling | pubmed-106799572023-10-28 How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? Kakavas, Georgios Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos G Forelli, Florian Mazeas, Jean Skarpas, George Maffuli, Nicola Cureus Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Purpose The goal of the current study was to ascertain whether there is an association between foot pronation and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in a group of elite professional soccer players. Methods Two groups of soccer players were studied, all of whom played in the Greek Super League. The ACL group included players who had suffered an ACL injury in the last 2 years. The non-ACL group was composed of players who had never suffered an ACL injury. We used a 3D baropodometric laser scanner to measure pronation or overpronation (navicular drop phenomenon) of the subtalar joint and how this affects the subtalar joint while standing. We assessed ACL laxity using the Genourob Rotab. Results ACL-injured patients, regardless of the mechanism of injury, exhibited greater navicular drop values than a randomly selected group of subjects with no history of ACL injury. Conclusion Greater knee joint laxity and subtalar pronation may be associated with an increased risk of ACL injury. Pronation of the foot appears to be a risk factor for ACL injury. These findings should be integrated into future studies to better define how neuromuscular control related to lower extremity biomechanics is associated with ACL injury. Cureus 2023-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10679957/ /pubmed/38021974 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47850 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kakavas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Kakavas, Georgios Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos G Forelli, Florian Mazeas, Jean Skarpas, George Maffuli, Nicola How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? |
title | How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? |
title_full | How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? |
title_fullStr | How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? |
title_full_unstemmed | How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? |
title_short | How Subtalar Kinematics Affects Knee Laxity in Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury? |
title_sort | how subtalar kinematics affects knee laxity in soccer players after anterior cruciate ligament injury? |
topic | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38021974 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47850 |
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