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. 2019 Aug:68:104-108.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.05.031. Epub 2019 May 25.

The association of psychological readiness to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and hip and knee landing kinematics

Christopher V Nagelli  1 , Kate E Webster  2 , Stephanie Di Stasi  3 , Samuel C Wordeman  4 , Timothy E Hewett  5
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The association of psychological readiness to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and hip and knee landing kinematics

Christopher V Nagelli et al. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament tears have a negative psychological impact on athletes. Currently, it is not clear if psychological readiness to return to sport has an impact on an athlete's landing biomechanics. Thus the purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is an association of psychological readiness to return to sport and single-leg landing biomechanics.

Methods: Athletes with an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (n = 18) completed the Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Return to Sport after Injury scale to measure psychological readiness to return to sport, knee strength testing, and a single-leg landing task. A multivariate linear regression model was built for the involved and uninvolved limb based on sagittal and frontal plane knee and hip range of motion. Significance was set at p < 0.05.

Findings: Knee extensor/flexor strength testing showed significant differences (p < 0.05) between involved and uninvolved limbs. Nearly 40% of the variance in psychological readiness scores (p = 0.025) can be accounted for by the involved limb's frontal plane hip and knee range of motion. Knee frontal plane range of motion was the only significant factor, and the standardized coefficients indicate that greater knee frontal plane range of motion and lower hip frontal plane range of motion were associated with higher psychological readiness. No other associations were found between psychological readiness and sagittal or frontal plane sing-leg biomechanics of the involved or uninvolved limbs.

Interpretation: Greater psychological readiness to return to sport is associated with the involved limb's frontal plane knee and hip range of motion during a single-leg landing biomechanics.

Keywords: ACL-reconstruction; ACL-return to sport scale; Anterior cruciate ligament; Landing biomechanics; Psychological impact.

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Fig. 1:
Fig. 1:
Differences in peak knee extension torque between the uninvolved and involved limbs of the ACLR cohort. *Denotes a significant difference.
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Fig. 2:
Differences in peak knee flexion torque between the uninvolved and involved limbs of the ACLR cohort. *Denotes a significant difference.
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Fig. 3:
A scatter plot of Involved Limb Joint Range of Motion s vs ACL-RSI Scores.
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Fig. 4:
A scatter plot of Uninvolved Limb Joint Range of Motion s vs. ACL-RSI Scores
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