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http://dx.doi.org/10.5103/KJSB.2021.31.2.126

The Effects of Gaze Direction on the Stability and Coordination of the Lower Limb Joint during Drop-Landing  

Kim, Kewwan (Division of Sport Science, Incheon National University)
Ahn, Seji (Department of Human Movement Science, Incheon National University)
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Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics / v.31, no.2, 2021 , pp. 126-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate how three gaze directions (bottom, normal, up) affects the coordination and stability of the lower limb during drop landing. Method: 20 female adults (age: 21.1±1.1 yrs, height: 165.7±6.2 cm, weight: 59.4±5.9 kg) participated in this study. Participants performed single-leg drop landing task on a 30 cm height and 20 cm horizontal distance away from the force plate. Kinetic and kinematic data were obtained using 8 motion capture cameras and 1 force plates and leg stiffness, loading rate, DPSI were calculated. All statistical analyses were computed by using SPSS 25.0 program. One-way repeated ANOVA was used to compared the differences between the variables in the direction of gaze. To locate the differences, Bonferroni post hoc was applied if significance was observed. Results: The hip flexion angle and ankle plantar flexion angle were significantly smaller when the gaze direction was up. In the kinetic variables, when the gaze direction was up, the loading rate and DPSI were significantly higher than those of other gaze directions. Conclusion: Our results indicated that decreased hip and ankle flexion angles, increased loading rate and DPSI when the gaze direction was up. This suggests that the difference in visual information can increase the risk of injury to the lower limb during landing.
Keywords
Drop landing; Gaze direction; Loading rate; Leg stiffness; DPSI;
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