The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) Is a valid and reliable clinical assessment tool of jump-landing biomechanics: The JUMP-ACL study.
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BACKGROUND: Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are common in athletes and have serious sequelae. A valid clinical tool that reliably identifies individuals at an increased risk for ACL injury would be highly useful for screening sports teams, because individuals identified as "high-risk" could then be provided with intensive prevention programs. HYPOTHESIS: A clinical screening tool (the Landing Error Scoring System, or LESS) will reliably identify subjects with potentially high-risk biomechanics. STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study (Diagnosis); Level of evidence, 2. METHODS: A jump-landing-rebound task was used. Off-the-shelf camcorders recorded frontal and sagittal plane views of the subject performing the task. The LESS was scored from replay of this video. Three-dimensional lower extremity kinematics and kinetics were also collected and used as the gold standard against which the validity of the LESS was assessed. Three trials of the jump-landing task were collected for 2691 subjects. Kinematic and kinetic measures were compared across LESS score quartiles using 1-way analysis of variance; LESS quartiles were compared across genders using the chi-square test. The LESS scores from a subset of 50 subjects were rescored to determine intrarater and interrater reliability. RESULTS: Subjects with high LESS scores (poor jump-landing technique) displayed significantly different lower extremity kinematics and kinetics compared with subjects with low LESS scores (excellent jump-landing technique). Women had higher (worse) LESS scores than men. Intrarater and interrater reliability of the LESS ranged from good to excellent. CONCLUSION: The LESS is a valid and reliable tool for identifying potentially high-risk movement patterns during a jump-landing task.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Padua, DA; Marshall, SW; Boling, MC; Thigpen, CA; Garrett, WE; Beutler, AI
Published Date
- October 2009
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 37 / 10
Start / End Page
- 1996 - 2002
PubMed ID
- 19726623
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1552-3365
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/0363546509343200
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States