Acquisition of the predictive postural control and its effect on injury risk reduction

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24700716
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Mukogawa Women's University (2013-2014); Mukogawa Women's University Junior College Division (2012)
• Principal Investigator: OGASAWARA Issei 武庫川女子大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 講師 (70443249)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 膝前十字靭帯 / 姿勢制御 / 予測 / 注意 / 外傷予防 / 内部モデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ligamentous injury in sports, such as non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, occurs in quite short period of time. It is thus difficult to prevent such injuries in feedback manner. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the predictive postural control contributes to reduce the risk of athletic injuries.
Firstly we evaluated the trainability of the predictive postural control performance during single-landing task and found that the dual-task training (cognitive combined with postural task) effectively increased the postural stability after single-leg landing. Secondary, we conducted a training intervention for female athletes (N = 10). A significant decreases of the knee abduction angles during single-leg landing were observed after the eight-weeks training session, implying that the acquisition of predictive postural control plays an important role to correct the dynamic postural stabilization and may reduce the risk of knee ligament injuries.

Free Research Field

スポーツ医工学