Reliability of the landing error scoring system-real time, a clinical assessment tool of jump-landing biomechanics.
Padua DA, Boling MC, Distefano LJ, Onate JA, Beutler AI, Marshall SW. J Sport Rehabil. 2011 May;20(2):145-56.
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The study demonstrated good inter-tester (2 raters) reliability of the real-time landing error scoring system (LESS) for evaluating healthy college-age volunteers. The real-time LESS may be an efficient and reliable clinical assessment tool to identify functional strength deficits, poor landing mechanics, or individuals at risk for lower extremity injuries.
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