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<italic>Study aim</italic>: To investigate the effect of fatigue, induced by a volleyball training game on the risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: Thirteen female volleyball college athletes, ages 18 to 21 years old, completed jump landings from a box 30 cm height, prior and post a 60-minute volleyball training game. The clinical tool Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) was employed in order to evaluate the technique of landing prior and post the game. The level of fatigue induced by the volleyball game was assessed by vertical jump test and Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale pre and post-game. In order to compare measurements pre and post-game t-tests for dependent samples were used.
<italic>Results</italic>: Participants performed lower vertical jumps post-game with a Confidence Interval of 26.2 ± 2.3 cm (pre-game) and 24.9 ± 2.2 cm (post game). The difference between pre and post-game was found to be statistically significant with a t12 = 2.55 and a p-value of 0.026. In the case of assessing fatigue, the Borg RPE scale scores were found to be statistically significant (t12 = 14.05, p &lt; 0.001) higher post-game (10.2 ± 0.6), as compared to pre-game (6.5 ± 0.4). Similarly, LESS scores increased significantly (t12 = 2.21, p = 0.047), post-game (6.3 ± 1.1) compared to pre-game (5.8 ± 1.0) that prove poorer landing ability.
<italic>Conclusion</italic>: It seems that a short duration volleyball training game induces fatigue and negatively affects the jumping and landing ability.
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Study aim: To investigate the effect of fatigue, induced by a volleyball training game on the risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury.
Material and methods: Thirteen female volleyball college athletes, ages 18 to 21 years old, completed jump landings from a box 30 cm height, prior and post a 60-minute volleyball training game. The clinical tool Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) was employed in order to evaluate the technique of landing prior and post the game. The level of fatigue induced by the volleyball game was assessed by vertical jump test and Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale pre and post-game. In order to compare measurements pre and post-game t-tests for dependent samples were used.
Results: Participants performed lower vertical jumps post-game with a Confidence Interval of 26.2 ± 2.3 cm (pre-game) and 24.9 ± 2.2 cm (post game). The difference between pre and post-game was found to be statistically significant with a t12 = 2.55 and a p-value of 0.026. In the case of assessing fatigue, the Borg RPE scale scores were found to be statistically significant (t12 = 14.05, p < 0.001) higher post-game (10.2 ± 0.6), as compared to pre-game (6.5 ± 0.4). Similarly, LESS scores increased significantly (t12 = 2.21, p = 0.047), post-game (6.3 ± 1.1) compared to pre-game (5.8 ± 1.0) that prove poorer landing ability.
Conclusion: It seems that a short duration volleyball training game induces fatigue and negatively affects the jumping and landing ability.

The effect of fatigue on jump height and the risk of knee injury after a volleyball training game: A pilot study

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, School of Physical Education, Sport Sciences and Dietetics

Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To investigate the effect of fatigue, induced by a volleyball training game on the risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury.
Material and...

The effect of fatigue on jump height and the risk of knee injury after a volleyball training game: A pilot study

Data publikacji: 18 cze 2021

Zakres stron: 197 - 204

Otrzymano: 30 lis 2020

Przyjęty: 22 kwi 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2021-0024

Słowa kluczowe
Landing, Injury prevention, Anterior cruciate ligament, Risk factors, Lower extremity

© 2021 Charis Tsarbou et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The effect of fatigue on jump height and the risk of knee injury after a volleyball training game: A pilot study

Data publikacji: 18 cze 2021

Zakres stron: 197 - 204

Otrzymano: 30 lis 2020

Przyjęty: 22 kwi 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2021-0024

Słowa kluczoweLanding, Injury prevention, Anterior cruciate ligament, Risk factors, Lower extremity

© 2021 Charis Tsarbou et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Landing, Injury prevention, Anterior cruciate ligament, Risk factors, Lower extremity