< Terug naar vorige pagina

Publicatie

The Non-injured Leg Can Be Used as a Reference for the Injured Leg in Single-legged Hop Tests

Tijdschriftbijdrage - Tijdschriftartikel

Background: Single-legged hop tests are frequently used in substantiating return to sport decisions following lower extremity injury. Evidence for using the non-injured leg as a reference for the injured leg in the return to sport decision-making at the criterion-based point of return to sport following lower extremity injury is lacking.

Purpose: To compare absolute values in single-legged hop tests between the non-injured leg of athletes returning to high-impact sports after lower extremity injury and the matched leg of healthy athletes.

Study design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: One hundred and sixty-nine athletes returning to high-impact sports after lower extremity injury and 169 matched healthy athletes executed five single-legged hop tests. Differences between athletes returning to high-impact sports after lower extremity injury and matched healthy athletes on five single-legged hop tests were analyzed using paired t-tests.

Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the non-injured leg of athletes returning to sport and the matched leg of healthy athletes. Effect sizes ranged from 0.05 to 0.14 indicating negligible effects.

Conclusion: Clinicians can use the non-injured leg as a reference for the injured leg in single-legged hop tests for deciding on return to high-impact sports after lower extremity injuries.
Tijdschrift: Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
ISSN: 0190-6011
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Pagina's: 1052-1066
Jaar van publicatie:2021
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.25758
  • PubMed Id: PMC8329313
  • Scopus Id: 85118123287
  • ORCID: /0000-0002-4971-3971/work/98778504
  • ORCID: /0000-0001-7553-9957/work/98778848
  • ORCID: /0000-0001-9032-5092/work/99272970
  • WoS Id: 000685499400011
Toegankelijkheid:Open