The Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) qualitative screening tool : application to mitigate anterior cruciate ligament injury risk during cutting

Dos’Santos, T; Thomas, C; McBurnie, A; Donelon, T; Herrington, LC; Jones, PA

Abstract

Side-step cutting is an action associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury with a plethora of negative economical, health, and psychological implications. Although ACL injury risk factors are multifactorial, biomechanical and neuromuscular deficits which contribute to “high-risk” and aberrant movement patterns are linked to ACL injury risk due to increasing knee joint loads and potential ACL loading. Importantly, biomechanical and neuromuscular deficits are modifiable; thus, being able to profile and classify athletes as potentially “high-risk” of injury is a crucial process in ACL injury mitigation. The Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) is a recently validated field-based qualitative screening tool to identify athletes that display high-risk postures associated with increased non-contact ACL injury risk during side-step cutting. This article provides practitioners with a comprehensive and detailed overview regarding the rationale and implementation of the CMAS. Additionally, this review provides guidance on CMAS methodological procedures, CMAS operational definitions, and training recommendations to assist in the development of more effective non-contact ACL injury risk mitigation programmes.

Citation

Dos’Santos, T., Thomas, C., McBurnie, A., Donelon, T., Herrington, L., & Jones, P. (2021). The Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) qualitative screening tool : application to mitigate anterior cruciate ligament injury risk during cutting. Biomechanics, 1(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics1010007

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 30, 2021
• Publication Date: Apr 6, 2021
• Deposit Date: Apr 15, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 15, 2021
• Journal: Biomechanics
• Print ISSN: 2673-7078
• Publisher: MDPI
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83-101
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics1010007
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics1010007
• Related Public URLs: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomechanics
• Additional Information: Additional Information : ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: eissn 2673-7078 **History: published 06-04-2021; accepted 30-03-2021