Can a knee sleeve influence ground reaction forces and knee joint power during a step-down hop in participants following ACL reconstruction? Discrete and time-continuous datasets

Using a cross-over design, we estimated GRF and knee kinematics and kinetics during a step-down hop for 30 participants (age 26.1 [SD 6.7] years, 14 women) following ACL reconstruction (median 16 months post-surgery) with and without wearing a knee sleeve. In a subsequent randomised clinical trial, participants in the ‘Sleeve Group’ (n=9) then wore the sleeve for 6 weeks at least 1 hour daily, while a ‘Control Group’ (n=9) did not wear the sleeve. Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) was used to compare (1) GRF trajectories in the three planes as well as knee joint power between three conditions at baseline (uninjured side, unsleeved injured and sleeved injured side); (2) within-participant changes for GRF and knee joint power trajectories from baseline to follow-up between groups. We also compared discrete peak GRFs and power, rate of (vertical) force development, and mean knee joint power in the first 5% of stance phase. Time-continuous and discrete data are included in this dataset.