Differences in landing strategies between previously injuried and uninjured limbs in senior college level Gaelic footballers.

Background: Although evidence suggests that a previous injury can affect kinematic landing patterns in athletes. to date no research has been conducted on kinematic landing strategies in Gaelic Football players. Previous literature examining kinematic landing strategies have focused on sports other than Gaelic Football. The purpose of this study is to assess if previously injured limbs of elite male Gaelic Football players display differing kinematic landing strategies to uninjured limbs of the same population. Methods: Eleven members ofthe University of Limerick's Senior Male Gaelic Football panel participated. Analysis was carried out upon twelve previou Iy injured limbs and ten uninjured limbs. Sagittal plane kinematic data were recorded for hip, knee and ankle joints when landing from a 60cm height. Resuhs: The results ofthe study showed that the uninjured limbs (N = 10) had significantly greater peak dorsiflexion (6.7', p = 0.009) than the previously injured limbs (N=12).AII othe