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01-12-2018 | Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine

Poor static balance is a risk factor for non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury

Authors: Takeshi Oshima, Junsuke Nakase, Katsuhiko Kitaoka, Yosuke Shima, Hitoaki Numata, Yasushi Takata, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 12/2018

Abstract

Background

This prospective study aimed to investigate the relationship between static balance and the incidence of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in female high school athletes.

Methods

This study included 276 female high school handball or basketball players. At the time of admission, each subject’s static balance was measured with a gravicorder, and the incidence of non-contact ACL injury was investigated in the 3 years until the student graduated. The measured parameters of postural sway were locus length per time (the distance that a center of gravity of the foot pressure moves per second) and environmental area (AR: the area surrounded by the integumentary covering of the trace of the center of gravity). Twenty-seven players (9.8%) experienced an ACL injury during the 3-year observation period. Twenty-four injured players sustained a non-contact injury and three injured players sustained a contact injury. In this study, the three contact injury players were excluded. We compared the differences in the static balance between injured and uninjured players.

Results

The locus length per time was significantly longer in injured than in uninjured players (p = 0.046). Though there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in AR (p = 0.190), AR tended to be larger in the ACL injured group.

Conclusions

This result shows that poor static balance is a risk factor for non-contact ACL injury.

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Title: Poor static balance is a risk factor for non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury
Authors: Takeshi Oshima
Junsuke Nakase
Katsuhiko Kitaoka
Yosuke Shima
Hitoaki Numata
Yasushi Takata
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2984-z

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Poor static balance is a risk factor for non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury

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