The effect of sex, skill level and a defender on cutting kinematics in soccer players.

IF 2 3区医学 Q3 ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL

Sports Biomechanics Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI:10.1080/14763141.2025.2481496

Karen Chen, Harry Brown, Sophie Guilmette, Moreno Morelli, Anouk Lamontagne, Shawn M Robbins

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Abstract

Cutting patterns may be influenced by task complexity and player attributes, ultimately affecting injury risks. This study examines the impact of skill level, sex, and defender conditions on joint kinematics during unanticipated cutting in soccer players. Kinematic data were captured using a three-dimensional motion capture system for 14 competitive and 14 recreational players performing unanticipated sidesteps (45 ± 10 degrees) under three conditions: no obstacle (NO), static-defender obstacle (SO) and dynamic-defender obstacle (DO). Principal component (PC) analysis and hierarchical linear models examined joint kinematics against sex, skill and defender conditions. For the first component of PC, skill effects revealed greater ankle dorsiflexion angles throughout cutting in competitive players (p = 0.01) than recreational players. DO trials showed lower hip flexion (p = 0.001) and ankle dorsiflexion angles (p = 0.01) than NO. SO trials showed greater hip adduction (p < 0.001) and knee abduction angles (p = 0.04), but lower ankle dorsiflexion angles (p < 0.001) than NO. For PC2, SO trials showed greater hip flexion excursions (p = 0.005) than NO. No sex effects were found. Clearance (participant's distance to the defender) was examined using a three-way analysis of covariance. Greater distances were found in DO by 0.59 m than SO. Differences in cutting patterns highlight potential adaptations to varying defender pressures, providing insights for coaching and prevention programmes.

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性别、技术水平和防守队员对足球运动员切球运动学的影响。

切割模式可能受到任务复杂性和球员属性的影响，最终影响受伤风险。本研究考察了技术水平、性别和防守者条件对足球运动员在意外切割时关节运动学的影响。在无障碍物（no）、静态防守者障碍物（SO）和动态防守者障碍物（DO）三种情况下，14名竞技运动员和14名休闲运动员在45±10度的情况下进行意外闪避，利用三维运动捕捉系统捕获运动学数据。主成分（PC）分析和层次线性模型检查了性别、技术和防守者条件下的关节运动学。对于PC的第一个组成部分，技能效应显示竞技运动员在整个切割过程中踝关节背屈角度大于休闲运动员（p = 0.01）。DO试验显示，与NO相比，DO组髋屈曲度较低（p = 0.001），踝关节背屈角度较低（p = 0.01）。SO试验显示髋关节内收更大（p p = 0.04），但踝关节下背屈角度(p PC2， SO试验显示髋关节屈曲偏移更大（p = 0.005）。没有发现性别影响。解围（参与者到防守者的距离）使用三向协方差分析进行检验。DO的距离比SO大0.59 m。不同的切入模式突出了对不同防守压力的潜在适应，为教练和预防方案提供了见解。

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Sports Biomechanics 医学-工程：生物医学

CiteScore

5.70

自引率

9.10%

发文量

135

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Sports Biomechanics is the Thomson Reuters listed scientific journal of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS). The journal sets out to generate knowledge to improve human performance and reduce the incidence of injury, and to communicate this knowledge to scientists, coaches, clinicians, teachers, and participants. The target performance realms include not only the conventional areas of sports and exercise, but also fundamental motor skills and other highly specialized human movements such as dance (both sport and artistic). Sports Biomechanics is unique in its emphasis on a broad biomechanical spectrum of human performance including, but not limited to, technique, skill acquisition, training, strength and conditioning, exercise, coaching, teaching, equipment, modeling and simulation, measurement, and injury prevention and rehabilitation. As well as maintaining scientific rigour, there is a strong editorial emphasis on ''reader friendliness''. By emphasising the practical implications and applications of research, the journal seeks to benefit practitioners directly. Sports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.