Abstract
This study aimed to examine the influence of court surface on foot loading when executing typical basketball tasks. Thirteen male basketball players performed three basketball-related tasks: Layup, jump shot, and maximal effort sprint on wooden and asphalt courts. In-shoe plantar loading was recorded during the basketball movements and peak force (normalised to body weight) was extracted from eight-foot regions. Perceptions of discomfort at the ankle, knee, and back were surveyed using a 10-cm visual analogue scale.
Highlights
Basketball is one of the most played sports in the world [1]
For the layup landing, elevated peak forces were found on the wooden court than the asphalt court in two-foot regions (Table 1): Hallux (P = 0.022, large effect size) and lesser toes (P = 0.007, large effect size)
During the sprint acceleration step, higher peak forces were observed on the wooden court compared to asphalt court in two regions: hallux (P = 0.048, medium effect size) and medial forefoot P = 0.010, large effect size, Table 3)
Summary
Basketball is one of the most played sports in the world [1]. While professional basketball games are usually played on indoor wooden courts, asphalt-based artificial courts are popular especially for outdoor settings given the lower maintenance cost and higher durability. PE teachers and players, landing on wooden courts is generally perceived to be ‘softer’ with lower impact forces than landing on artificial surfaces. This perception can be partly attributed to the lower stiffness of wooden courts which allows them to undergo a greater extent of deformation upon impact [3]. The injury statistics for wooden and artificial playing surfaces in basketball are not known [4], one simulation study has shown that wood resulted in lower landing forces compared to asphalt grounds [2]. The study, simulated only vertical landing from 300 mm and modelled the human body as a rigid lower limb This simplification fails to take into account the natural joint movements (e.g. knee flexion) that occur during landing. It is necessary to verify the simulation study findings using an experimental approach
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