External Focus of Attention Reduces Cartilage Load During Drop Landings
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17450%2F24%3AA25039S2" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17450/24:A25039S2 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15510/24:73625666
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.14718" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.14718</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.14718" target="_blank" >10.1111/sms.14718</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
External Focus of Attention Reduces Cartilage Load During Drop Landings
Original language description
The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of attentional focus instructions on acute changes in the transverse relaxation time (T2) of the femorotibial cartilage and in cartilage volume during repeated drop‐jump landings. Ten healthy females (<jats:italic>M</jats:italic><jats:sub>age</jats:sub> = 20.4 ± 0.8 years) performed a drop landing task from a 50 cm high box over the course of 3 days (50 repetitions each day) across three attentional focus conditions: external focus (EF: focus on landing as soft as possible), internal focus (IF: focus on bending your knees when you land), and control (CON: no‐focus instruction), which was counterbalanced across focus conditions. T2 mapping and the volume of femorotibial cartilage were determined from magnetic resonance imaging scans at 1.5 T for the dominant knee before and after completing the drop landings in each attentional focus condition per day. Results indicated a smaller change in cartilage T2 relaxation time and volumetry in the central load‐bearing lateral cartilage under the EF, compared to IF and CON. Moreover, the change in T2 and cartilage volume was greater for lateral tibial cartilage as compared to femoral cartilage and was independent of attentional focus instructions. No significant acute quantitative changes were observed in the medial compartment. The peak vertical ground reaction force was found to be the lowest under the EF, compared to IF and CON. These findings suggest that external focus of attention may reduce cartilage load, potentially aiding in the control or management of cartilage injuries during landing in female athletes.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000798" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000798: Healthy Aging in Industrial Environment</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
SCAND J MED SCI SPOR
ISSN
0905-7188
e-ISSN
1600-0838
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
9
Country of publishing house
DK - DENMARK
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001303097600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85202753196