Electromyographic Assessment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Male Tennis Players: Which Role for Visual Input? A Proof-of-Concept Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Electromyography
2.3. Drop Landing Test
2.4. Outcome Measures
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Presence or Absence of Visual Input | Different Tennis Court Surfaces | |||||
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Blindfolded | Not Blindfolded | p Value | Clay | Grass | p Value | |
RF (ms) | 598.2 ± 62.9 | 552.5 ± 57.6 | p < 0.01 * | 552.4 ± 58.7 | 513.4 ± 74.3 | p < 0.01 * |
VM (ms) | 204.9 ± 11.6 | 190.6 ± 12.2 | p < 0.01 * | 190.6 ± 12.2 | 137.3 ± 12.3 | p < 0.01 * |
BF (ms) | 145.1 ± 9.1 | 127.9 ± 7.6 | p < 0.01 * | 125.9 ± 9.1 | 83.2 ± 12.3 | p < 0.01 * |
MH (ms) | 129.9 ± 11.0 | 96.9 ± 7.1 | p < 0.01 * | 93.5 ± 9.1 | 72.4 ± 12.1 | p < 0.01 * |
MH/RF | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.177 ± 0.02 | p < 0.01 * | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.14 ± 0.03 | p < 0.01 * |
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de Sire, A.; Marotta, N.; Demeco, A.; Moggio, L.; Paola, P.; Marotta, M.; Iona, T.; Invernizzi, M.; Leigheb, M.; Ammendolia, A. Electromyographic Assessment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Male Tennis Players: Which Role for Visual Input? A Proof-of-Concept Study. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11060997
de Sire A, Marotta N, Demeco A, Moggio L, Paola P, Marotta M, Iona T, Invernizzi M, Leigheb M, Ammendolia A. Electromyographic Assessment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Male Tennis Players: Which Role for Visual Input? A Proof-of-Concept Study. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(6):997. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11060997
Chicago/Turabian Stylede Sire, Alessandro, Nicola Marotta, Andrea Demeco, Lucrezia Moggio, Pasquale Paola, Marcello Marotta, Teresa Iona, Marco Invernizzi, Massimiliano Leigheb, and Antonio Ammendolia. 2021. "Electromyographic Assessment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Male Tennis Players: Which Role for Visual Input? A Proof-of-Concept Study" Diagnostics 11, no. 6: 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11060997