Department of Kinesiology, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA -
Department of Athletics, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.
J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2023 Jul;63(7):787-796. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.23.14586-5. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
Overhead squat (OHS) and single-leg squat (SLS) tests have been used as screening tools to identify injury risk in athletic populations. Yet, no study has examined the association between specific trunk and lower extremity (LE) kinematic measures acquired during OHS and SLS performance and LE injury incidence in female collegiate athletes. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between LE and trunk kinematics captured during OHS and SLS performance and LE injury in female collegiate athletes.
This was a prospective cohort study. One hundred eight Division I female collegiate athletes underwent OHS and SLS testing before the start of their competitive season. A Microsoft Kinect sensor using Athletic Movement Assessment software (PhysiMax) was used to capture kinematic variables: hip flexion, knee flexion, knee frontal plane projection angle (FPPA), and trunk flexion. Participants were tracked during one competitive season for incidence of LE injury. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between OHS and SLS measures and injury.
Twenty-three (21.3%) participants suffered a LE injury. No significant associations were found between any OHS (odds ratio [OR] range: 0.91-1.08) or SLS (OR range: 0.81-1.22) kinematic measure and incidence of LE injury.
Sagittal plane LE and trunk kinematics and knee FPPA during OHS and SLS performance were not associated with LE injury in this cohort of athletes. Our findings do not support the use of these select kinematic measures captured during OHS and SLS testing as stand-alone injury risk assessments in female collegiate athletes.
过顶深蹲（OHS）和单腿深蹲（SLS）测试已被用作筛查工具，以识别运动人群中的受伤风险。然而，尚无研究探讨在女性大学生运动员中，OHS 和 SLS 表现期间获得的特定躯干和下肢（LE）运动学测量值与 LE 损伤发生率之间的关系。本研究的目的是检验 OHS 和 SLS 表现期间 LE 和躯干运动学与 LE 损伤之间的关系在女性大学生运动员中。
这是一项前瞻性队列研究。108 名一级女性大学生运动员在其竞技赛季开始前接受了 OHS 和 SLS 测试。使用 Microsoft Kinect 传感器和 Athletic Movement Assessment 软件（PhysiMax）来捕获运动学变量：髋关节屈曲、膝关节屈曲、膝关节额状面投影角（FPPA）和躯干屈曲。在一个竞技赛季中，对 LE 损伤的发生率进行了跟踪。使用逻辑回归模型来检验 OHS 和 SLS 测量值与损伤之间的关联。
23 名（21.3%）参与者遭受了 LE 损伤。在 OHS（比值比 [OR] 范围：0.91-1.08）或 SLS（OR 范围：0.81-1.22）运动学测量值与 LE 损伤发生率之间未发现显著关联。
在本运动员队列中，OHS 和 SLS 表现期间的矢状面 LE 和躯干运动学以及膝关节 FPPA 与 LE 损伤无关。我们的研究结果不支持将 OHS 和 SLS 测试期间获得的这些特定运动学测量值作为女性大学生运动员的独立损伤风险评估方法。
