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Hip and knee joint work significantly modulates single-leg lateral jump performance, despite the ankle being the primary contributor to jump distance. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to understand how different joints contribute to performance in single-leg lateral jumps.

March 16, 2026Journal of BiomechanicsOpen Access

Hip and knee joint work modulate single-leg lateral jump performance despite the ankle being the primary contributor

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ADAinsley Durnin JCJordan Cannon

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Quantifies joint contributions to jump distance in female athletes, suggesting important multi-joint control mechanisms.

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This research aims to understand how different joints contribute to performance in single-leg lateral jumps.
Eighteen female athletes performed maximal-distance single-leg lateral jumps.
Full-body kinematics, kinetics, and hip muscle activation were recorded.
Joint power and work were calculated through inverse dynamics on linked segment models.
Work done on the whole-body centre-of-mass accounted for 68% of the variance in jump distances.
Hip and knee joint work were significantly correlated with jump distance, while total joint power underestimated whole-body power by 23%.
There was substantial variability in individual hip muscle coordination strategies and contributions to jump performance.

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Durnin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b79e398166e15b153ab38c https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113257

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March 16, 2026Journal of BiomechanicsOpen Access

Hip and knee joint work modulate single-leg lateral jump performance despite the ankle being the primary contributor

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Authors

ADAinsley Durnin JCJordan Cannon

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Overview

Quantifies joint contributions to jump distance in female athletes, suggesting important multi-joint control mechanisms.

Key Points

This research aims to understand how different joints contribute to performance in single-leg lateral jumps.
Eighteen female athletes performed maximal-distance single-leg lateral jumps.
Full-body kinematics, kinetics, and hip muscle activation were recorded.
Joint power and work were calculated through inverse dynamics on linked segment models.
Work done on the whole-body centre-of-mass accounted for 68% of the variance in jump distances.
Hip and knee joint work were significantly correlated with jump distance, while total joint power underestimated whole-body power by 23%.
There was substantial variability in individual hip muscle coordination strategies and contributions to jump performance.

Cite This Study

Durnin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b79e398166e15b153ab38c https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2026.113257

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