Research summary · Injury prevention
Motor-cognitive warm-ups and unplanned landings
A trial compares the standard PEP warm-up with versions adding cognitive or reactive-agility exercises before planned and unexpected jump-landings.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Randomized three-arm crossover trial
- Journal
- PLOS ONE
- Population / context
- Amateur team-sport athletes
What the publication reports
Eighteen athletes, including five women, completed all three warm-ups on separate days. Unexpected landings produced poorer stability and more errors. After adjustment for multiple comparisons, no clear treatment or treatment-by-landing-condition effects remained.
Limits and interpretation
The small exploratory study tested immediate laboratory outcomes, not injury rates. It may miss smaller effects, and the prior trial registration was not prospectively updated for this protocol. Device-company funding and a consultancy relationship were disclosed.
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Acute effects of motor-cognitive injury-prevention warm-ups on unplanned jump-landing performance in team-sport athletes: A randomized crossover trial
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42853762DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0360379Full text at the sourceReader discussion
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