The effects of a high-intensity exercise bout on landing biomechanics post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a quasi-experimental study

Table 2 Kinematics and kinetics data

Variable	Pre-exercise	Post-exercise	P-value
Variable	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	ME-G (β)	ME-E (β)	Interaction (β)
Kinematics, °
Hip Flexion
ACLR	69.96 ± 15.57	79.33 ± 18.53	0.15 (0.29)	0.011^*	0.03 (0.58)
Control	65.38 ± 19.54	66.25 ± 21.45	0.15 (0.29)	0.011^*	0.03 (0.58)
Knee Flexion
ACLR	74.17 ± 12.86	83.22 ± 15.72	0.34 (0.15)	0.011^*	0.04 (0.53)
Control	73.62 ± 11.9	75.83 ± 12.73	0.34 (0.15)	0.011^*	0.04 (0.53)
Dorsiflexion
ACLR	23.25 ± 6.07	26.11 ± 5.65	0.62 (0.07)	0.002^*	0.11 (0.34)
Control	24.93 ± 4.22	25.91 ± 2.41	0.62 (0.07)	0.002^*	0.11 (0.34)
Kinetics, Nm/kg
Hip Extension moment
ACLR	2.27 ± 0.65	3.15 ± 1.15	0.02 (0.64)	0.009^*	0.11 (0.35)
Control	2.11 ± 0.86	2.34 ± 0.61	0.02 (0.64)	0.009^*	0.11 (0.35)
Knee Extension moment
ACLR	1.80 ± 0.43	2.37 ± 0.93	0.07 (0.44)	0.012^*	0.07 (0.06)
Control	1.56 ± 0.78	1.99 ± 0.75	0.07 (0.44)	0.012^*	0.07 (0.06)
Plantarflexion moment
ACLR	0.79 ± 0.35	1.07 ± 0.35	0.08 (0.40)	0.003^*	0.58 (0.08)
Control	0.66 ± 0.39	0.86 ± 0.40	0.08 (0.40)	0.003^*	0.58 (0.08)

ACLR Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; β Power; ME-G Main effect for group; ME-E Main effect for exercise; SD Standard deviation. ^*Statistically significant (p < 0.0167)

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