Mattiussi, Adam M and Shaw, Joseph W and Price, Phil and Brown, Derrick D and Cohen, Daniel D and Lineham, Jack and Pedlar, Charles R and Tallent, Jamie and Atack, Alexandra (2024) The association of range of motion, lower limb strength, and load during jump landings in professional ballet dancers. Journal of Biomechanics, 168. p. 112119. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112119
Mattiussi, Adam M and Shaw, Joseph W and Price, Phil and Brown, Derrick D and Cohen, Daniel D and Lineham, Jack and Pedlar, Charles R and Tallent, Jamie and Atack, Alexandra (2024) The association of range of motion, lower limb strength, and load during jump landings in professional ballet dancers. Journal of Biomechanics, 168. p. 112119. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112119
Mattiussi, Adam M and Shaw, Joseph W and Price, Phil and Brown, Derrick D and Cohen, Daniel D and Lineham, Jack and Pedlar, Charles R and Tallent, Jamie and Atack, Alexandra (2024) The association of range of motion, lower limb strength, and load during jump landings in professional ballet dancers. Journal of Biomechanics, 168. p. 112119. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112119
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the associations between peak plantarflexion ankle joint moments and vertical ground reaction forces (vGRF) during jump landings, and static ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM), three-dimensional ankle excursions, and lower extremity strength in professional ballet dancers. Twenty-seven professional ballet dancers volunteered to participate (men = 14, women = 13). Participants attended one data collection session to measure dorsiflexion ROM and isometric lower extremity strength. Two further sessions were used to establish ankle mechanics and vGRFs during countermovement jump landings in seven foot positions, via a seven-camera motion capture system and piezoelectric force platform. Two linear mixed-effects models were used to investigate associations between the target variables and strength, dorsiflexion ROM, and ankle excursions. Dancer identification, sex, and foot position were entered as random effects. Model fit, when considered independent of random effects, was generally poor with the predictor variables explaining little of the variance of peak plantarflexion ankle joint moments (R2 = 0.02) or vGRF (R2 = 0.01). Model fit improved when random effects were considered (R2 = 0.65 & 0.34). Frontal plane ankle excursion was the only predictor variable with a significant negative association with peak plantarflexion ankle joint moments (p = .016), although coefficient estimates were small. Strength, static ankle dorsiflexion ROM, and three-dimensional ankle excursions are poor predictors of load experienced at a joint and system level in professional ballet dancers. Differences between individuals, sex, and foot position may be better indicators of the load experienced during jump landings.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biomechanics; Kinematics; Kinetics; Dorsiflexion; Isometric force |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2024 09:29 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 15:55 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38438 |
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