Research Article

Effects of Two Fatigue Protocols on Impact Forces and Lower Extremity Kinematics during Drop Landings: Implications for Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Table 3

Comparison of the joint angle and angular velocity of lower extremities in the sagittal plane during landings between pre- and postfatigue conditions within different fatigue-induced protocols (R-FP and SV-FP; ).

JointsVariablesR-FPSV-FP
PrefatiguePostfatiguePrefatiguePostfatigue

Hipθmin/(°)93.9 ± 26.085.0 ± 28.087.8 ± 20.580.4 ± 21.5
tθmin/ms221.1 ± 75.2246.0 ± 73.4228.1 ± 57.6251.3 ± 58.6
θ0/(°)142.4 ± 10.2138.7 ± 11.9139.2 ± 10.7139.0 ± 10.0
Δθ/(°)48.5 ± 17.953.7 ± 17.550.4 ± 14.258.6 ± 15.8
ωmax/(°/s)449.2 ± 95.1469.6 ± 74.1468.7 ± 79.4490.0 ± 77.1

Kneeθmin/(°)85.6 ± 19.880.4 ± 22.083.3 ± 16.975.5 ± 17.6
tθmin/ms226.4 ± 74.0253.9 ± 67.7231.6 ± 60.6253.8 ± 58.4
θ0/(°)159.4 ± 7.7158.1 ± 8.0156.8 ± 6.6159.2 ± 6.8
Δθ/(°)73.8 ± 14.978.9 ± 15.973.6 ± 13.483.7 ± 13.5
ωmax/(°/s)769.4 ± 72.6750.2 ± 75.1767.1 ± 63.7809.1 ± 56.5

Ankleθmin/(°)79.1 ± 4.480.6 ± 4.582.1 ± 4.681.1 ± 5.5
tθmin/ms212.8 ± 72.1242.2 ± 62.0218.9 ± 51.1226.9 ± 52.5
θ0/(°)123.3 ± 10.2120.8 ± 10.2119.9 ± 10.8121.5 ± 9.6
Δθ/(°)44.2 ± 9.040.2 ± 9.537.9 ± 9.840.4 ± 9.6
ωmax/(°/s)596.9 ± 165.7515.8 ± 197.0503.9 ± 205.8530.1 ± 181.1