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Interpersonal Collision Avoidance Task - A Dynamic Measurement of Sport

Fernandes, Courtney A
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1688-1271
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1651782688842386

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2022, Master of Science, University of Toledo, Exercise Science.
Context: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries continue to plague athletes of all levels at a high rate. After ACL injury athletes often complete a test battery of assessments. These assessments historically are highly controlled and uniplanar in nature; often failing to be replicative of the “chaotic’ demands of sport. Considering complex dynamic systems, re-creating the chaos of sport may aide clinicians in return to sport assessments to improve ACL outcomes. The objective of this study was to investigate the interpersonal dynamics between women’s soccer athletes as they completed an agility-based collision avoidance task. More specifically, we explored how an external perturbation influences task stability and sought to determine if levels of fear or readiness influenced movement pattern success or leader-follower status throughout the task. Methods: Dyads of women’s soccer players (healthy and with a history of lower extremity injury) simultaneously completed a collision-avoidance agility task under 3D motion capture. Each trial contained an external perturbation which signaled a change of direction. Measures of interpersonal dynamics were assessed using cross recurrent quantification analysis. Results: All 9 dyads (18 participants) of women’s collegiate soccer players demonstrated high values of determinism throughout all trials. Leader-follower status was variable across trials. A windowed analysis of the task revealed leader-follower status changed through the trials. During the period of external perturbation, stability was disrupted for both participants. However, when the participant with the history of LE injury was the follower, they were unable to recover stability after perturbation. Further, leader-follower status was not predictable using self-reported measures of function. Conclusion: Women’s soccer players successfully coordinate behavior during a collision-avoidance agility task; however, the stability of their coordination was negatively affected by an external perturbation. Individuals with a history of lower extremity injury were more disrupted and were unable to recover stability when in the follower role. Leader-follower status was not able to be predicted solely from psychological metrics suggesting that interpersonal dynamics are multifactorial.
Grant Norte (Advisor)
Kinesiology; Sports Medicine
ACL Injury, Complex Dynamic Systems, Collision-Avoidance, Soccer, Interpersonal Dynamics, Rehabilitation, Return to Sports

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  • Fernandes, C. A. (2022). Interpersonal Collision Avoidance Task - A Dynamic Measurement of Sport [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1651782688842386

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fernandes, Courtney. Interpersonal Collision Avoidance Task - A Dynamic Measurement of Sport. 2022. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1651782688842386.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fernandes, Courtney. "Interpersonal Collision Avoidance Task - A Dynamic Measurement of Sport." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1651782688842386

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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