Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (32): 5184-5190.doi: 10.12307/2021.222

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Effect of side cutting foot strike pattern and angle on the biomechanics of lower extremities

Zhou Wenxing, Wang Lin   

  1. School of Sports Science, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China

  • Received:2020-09-27 Revised:2020-09-28 Accepted:2020-11-09 Online:2021-11-18 Published:2021-07-26
  • Contact: Wang Lin, MD, Professor, School of Sports Science, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • About author:Zhou Wenxing, Master candidate, School of Sports Science, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 11572202(to WL)

Abstract: BACKGROUND: In sports, side cutting is the most common attacking technique, which is influenced by landing mode and angle. The different patterns and angles of side cutting during landing may increase the risk of knee injury in the lower limbs. 
OBJECTIVE: To explain the impact of different foot strike patterns and angles in side cutting on the biomechanics of the lower extremity.
METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, and CNKI databases were searched for relevant studies published before August 2020. The keywords were “cutting maneuver; cutting maneuver angle; cutting foot strike; cutting biomechanics; change-of-direction” in Chinese and English, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The use of rear-foot strike patterns and larger angles for side cutting indicates an increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury. However, the current research only focuses on the analysis of foot strike patterns or larger angles alone, and rarely combines the foot strike patterns with the angle of side cutting. There is no clear conclusion about the interaction between foot strike patterns and angles in the side cutting, and there is not enough evidence to support that changing the foot strike pattern when the side cut angle increases will reduce the risk of lower extremity injury, which still requires a lot of research for in-depth demonstration.

Key words: side cutting, cutting foot strike pattern, cutting angle, kinematics, kinetics, biomechanics, sports injury

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