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Title: | Characterizing Longitudinal Alterations in Postural Control Following Lower Limb Injury in Professional Rugby Union Players |
Authors: | McCarthy-Ryan, MF Mellalieu, SD Jones, H Bruton, A Moore, IS |
Keywords: | RTP;static;dynamic;sway path and vertical postural stability index |
Issue Date: | 12-Jun-2024 |
Publisher: | Human Kinetics |
Citation: | McCarthy-Ryan, M.F. et al. (2024) 'Characterizing Longitudinal Alterations in Postural Control Following Lower Limb Injury in Professional Rugby Union Players', Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 0 (ahead of print), pp. 1 - 9. doi: 10.1123/jab.2023-0259. |
Abstract: | Assessment of player’s postural control following a lower limb injury is of interest to sports medicine practitioners due to its fundamental role in daily tasks and sporting activities. The aim was to longitudinally monitor professional rugby union players’ postural control during each phase of the rehabilitation program (acute, middle, and late) following a lower limb injury. Seven male rugby union players (height 1.80 [0.02] m; mass 100.3 [11.4] kg; age 24 [4] y) sustained a time loss, noncontact lower limb injury. Static postural control was assessed via sway path (in meters), and dynamic postural control was assessed via vertical postural stability index. Group differences (P < .05) were reported across the acute, middle, and late phase. Smaller magnitudes of sway path were observed for eyes-open sway path, and for the middle and late phase smaller magnitudes of vertical postural stability index (P < .05) at the end session compared with first session. Whereas larger magnitudes of vertical postural stability index were found between baseline and the last session (P < .05). Large interindividual and intraindividual variation was apparent across the 3 phases of rehabilitation. Postural control improvements were identified during rehabilitation. However, postural control did not return to baseline, with altered kinetics throughout each rehabilitation phase. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29213 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2023-0259 |
ISSN: | 1065-8483 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Molly F. McCarthy-Ryan https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0649-4809 ORCiD: Stephen D. Mellalieu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-3328 ORCiD: Holly Jones https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8864-8394 ORCiD: Adam Bruton https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7775-7499 ORCiD: Isabel S. Moore https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4746-3390 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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