Increased interest in stiffness Flashcards
1
Q
Why increased interest?
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Association with performance
Implicated in common and severe lower limb injuries
2
Q
3 points about association with performance?
A
Greater leg, knee and ankle stiffness in endurance trained (Hobara et al. 2010).
Power athletes have greater leg stiffness than endurance trained (Horbara et al. 2008).
Important for force transmission.
3
Q
Implicated in common… ?
A
Some found participants who suffered hamstring injury had greater stiffness (Watsford et al. 2010) compared to other conflicting results (Pruyn et al. 2012)
Lack of passive stiffness associated with ACL injury (Serpell et al 2011) but no cause and effect relationship established.
