Reliability of clinician scoring of the landing error scoring system to assess jump-landing movement patterns

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Abstract

Clinical Scenario: An individual's movement patterns while landing from a jump can predispose him or her to lower-extremity injury, if performed improperly. The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) is a clinical tool to assess jump-landing biomechanics as an individual jumps forward from a box. Improper movement patterns, which could predispose an individual to lower-extremity injuries, are scored as errors. However, because of the subjective nature of scoring errors during the task, the consistency and reliability of scoring the task are important. Since the LESS is a newer assessment tool, it is important to understand its reliability. Focused Clinical Question: Are clinicians reliable at scoring the LESS to assess jump-landing biomechanics of physically active individuals?

First Page

214

Last Page

218

DOI

10.1123/jsr.2013-0135

Publication Date

1-1-2015

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