- Title
- The impact of previous musculoskeletal injury on running gait variability: A systematic review
- Creator
- Blyton, Sarah J.; Snodgrass, Suzanne J.; Pizzari, Tania; Birse, Samantha M.; Likens, Aaron D.; Edwards, Suzi
- Relation
- Gait and Posture Vol. 101, Issue March 2023, p. 124-133
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2023.01.018
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Background: Growing evidence suggests that identifying movement variability alterations in pathological vs. healthy gait may further understanding of injury mechanisms related to gait biomechanics; however, in the context of running and musculoskeletal injuries the role of movement variability remains unclear. Research Question: What is the impact of a previous musculoskeletal injury on running gait variability? Methods: Medline, CINAHL, Embase, Cochrane library and SPORTDiscus were searched from inception until February 2022. Eligibility criteria were (a) included a musculoskeletal injury group, (b) compared running biomechanics data to a control group, (c) measured movement variability for at least one dependent variable, (d) provided a statistical between-group comparison of variability outcomes. Exclusion criteria were neurological conditions impacting gait, upper body musculoskeletal injuries and age <18 years old. A summative synthesis was performed instead of a meta-analysis due to methodological heterogeneity. Results: Seventeen case-control studies were included. The most common deviations in variability observed among the injured groups were: (1) high and low knee-ankle/foot coupling variability and (2) low trunk-pelvis coupling variability. Significant (p<0.05) between-group differences in movement variability were identified in 8 of 11; 73% of studies of runners with injury-related symptoms, and 3 of 7; 43% of studies of recovered or asymptomatic populations. Significance: This review identified limited to strong evidence that running variability is altered in adults with a recent history of injury for specific joint couplings only. Individuals with ankle instability or pain employed altered running strategies more often than those who have recovered from injury. Altered variability strategies have been proposed to contribute to future running-related injuries, therefore these findings are relevant to clinicians managing active populations.
- Subject
- motor control; biomechanics; dynamical systems theory; musculoskeletal injury
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1481600
- Identifier
- uon:50750
- Identifier
- ISSN:0966-6362
- Rights
- © 2023 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science In Sports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Language
- eng
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