Anterior cruciate ligament injury mechanisms through a neurocognition lens: implications for injury screening

Alli Gokeler; Anne Benjaminse; Francesco Della Villa; Fillippo  Tosarelli; E A Verhagen; Jochen Baumeister

doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001091

Anterior cruciate ligament injury mechanisms through a neurocognition lens: implications for injury screening

Alli Gokeler
, Anne Benjaminse
, Francesco Della Villa
, Fillippo Tosarelli
, E A Verhagen
, Jochen Baumeister

Sports Science

Amsterdam UMC, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health
Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health, VUmc/AMC

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Abstract

Athletes in team sports have to quickly visually perceive actions of opponents and teammates while executing their own movements. These continuous actions are performed under time pressure and may contribute to a non-contact ACL injury. However, ACL injury screening and prevention programmes are primarily based on standardised movements in a predictable environment. The sports environment provides much greater cognitive demand because athletes must attend their attention to numerous external stimuli and inhibit impulsive actions. Any deficit or delay in attentional processing may contribute to an inability to correct potential errors in complex coordination, resulting in knee positions that increase the ACL injury risk. In this viewpoint, we advocate that ACL injury screening should include the sports specific neurocognitive demands.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001091
Publication status	Published - 17 May 2021

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Keywords

injury screening
athletes
acl injury

Research Focus Areas Hanze University of Applied Sciences * (mandatory by Hanze)

Healthy Ageing

Research Focus Areas Research Centre or Centre of Expertise * (mandatory by Hanze)

Healthy lifestyle and living environment

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Recreation, Exercise and Sports
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