Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings
Abstract Anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACLi) impact football players substantially leading to performance declines and premature career endings. Emerging evidence suggests that ACLi should be viewed not merely as peripheral injuries but as complex conditions with neurophysiological aspects. T...
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| description | Abstract Anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACLi) impact football players substantially leading to performance declines and premature career endings. Emerging evidence suggests that ACLi should be viewed not merely as peripheral injuries but as complex conditions with neurophysiological aspects. The objective of the present study was to compare kicking performance and associated cortical activity between injured and healthy players. Ten reconstructed and 15 healthy players performed a kicking task. Kicking biomechanics were recorded using wearable inertial measurement unit sensors. Cortical activity was captured with a 64-electrode mobile electroencephalography. Multiscale entropy (MSE) analysis of biomechanics revealed increased variability in foot external rotation among injured players. Source-derived event-related spectral perturbations indicated significant differences in posterior alpha and frontal theta oscillations between the two groups. Furthermore, kick-related complexity of these regions as indexed by MSE was reduced in injured players at medium and coarse scales. Our findings suggest sensorimotor changes during kicking in injured players, which may necessitate compensatory strategies involving augmented attention at the cost of processing visuospatial information. This conflict may hinder the integration of task-relevant information across distributed networks. Our study provides preliminary insights into the neurophysiological implications of ACLi within football context and underscores the potential for prospective research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4441c0c213b4423da4464025872cf6682025-01-19T12:20:43ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-0115111710.1038/s41598-025-86196-4Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findingsDaghan Piskin0Gjergji Cobani1Tim Lehmann2Daniel Büchel3Jochen Baumeister4Department of Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit Universität PaderbornDepartment of Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit Universität PaderbornDepartment of Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit Universität PaderbornDepartment of Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit Universität PaderbornDepartment of Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit Universität PaderbornAbstract Anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACLi) impact football players substantially leading to performance declines and premature career endings. Emerging evidence suggests that ACLi should be viewed not merely as peripheral injuries but as complex conditions with neurophysiological aspects. The objective of the present study was to compare kicking performance and associated cortical activity between injured and healthy players. Ten reconstructed and 15 healthy players performed a kicking task. Kicking biomechanics were recorded using wearable inertial measurement unit sensors. Cortical activity was captured with a 64-electrode mobile electroencephalography. Multiscale entropy (MSE) analysis of biomechanics revealed increased variability in foot external rotation among injured players. Source-derived event-related spectral perturbations indicated significant differences in posterior alpha and frontal theta oscillations between the two groups. Furthermore, kick-related complexity of these regions as indexed by MSE was reduced in injured players at medium and coarse scales. Our findings suggest sensorimotor changes during kicking in injured players, which may necessitate compensatory strategies involving augmented attention at the cost of processing visuospatial information. This conflict may hinder the integration of task-relevant information across distributed networks. Our study provides preliminary insights into the neurophysiological implications of ACLi within football context and underscores the potential for prospective research.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86196-4Anterior cruciate ligament injurySports injuriesFootballMovement variabilityElectroencephalographyNeurophysiology |
| spellingShingle | Daghan Piskin Gjergji Cobani Tim Lehmann Daniel Büchel Jochen Baumeister Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings Scientific Reports Anterior cruciate ligament injury Sports injuries Football Movement variability Electroencephalography Neurophysiology |
| title | Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings |
| title_full | Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings |
| title_fullStr | Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings |
| title_short | Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings |
| title_sort | cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football preliminary eeg findings |
| topic | Anterior cruciate ligament injury Sports injuries Football Movement variability Electroencephalography Neurophysiology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86196-4 |
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