Term of Award
Summer 2005
Degree Name
Master of Science in Kinesiology (M.S.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Committee Chair
Bryan L. Riemann
Committee Member 1
Barry Munkasy
Committee Member 2
A. Barry Joyner
Abstract
Author's abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the coordination pattern stability of the lower extremity during a single-leg hop for distance, a commonly used tool in athletic rehabilitation programs and return-to-activity decisions. A dynamical systems analysis was utilized to examine single-leg hop performance of bilaterally healthy individuals and participants with unilateral chronic ankle instability (CAI). Each participant performed ten single-leg hops for distance on each leg while kinematic data were collected during takeoff and landing. Statistical comparisons of coordination pattern stability, using a deviation phase (DP) measurement, were made between groups (healthy vs. chronic ankle instability) and between leg segment couples (foot-shank, shank-thigh and thighpelvis ). There were no statistical differences between the dominant and nondominant legs of the healthy participants. Comparison of the CAI and healthy participants revealed a statistical trend towards increased DP values in the CAI involved foot-shank couple when compared to the healthy foot-shank.
Recommended Citation
Blum, Aaron, "Lower Extremity Coordination Pattern Stability During a Single-leg Hop for Distance" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 926.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/926
Research Data and Supplementary Material
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