• June 29, 2026 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• PCC,118AB

Movement Matters: Applied Kinematics for Injury Risk Assessment and Intervention

Biomechanical analysis in high level athletics has been a key research topic over the past two decades, with mountains of evidence for 2D kinematic analysis as an effective means for evaluating future injury risk. However, technology constraints have prevented this method of pre-participation screening and intervention from gaining widespread use in high school and club level athletics. This course will provide a comprehensive breakdown of 2-dimensional video movement analysis and provide a toolbox for easy use in the field. This course will have two sections; The didactic portion will review current literature on 2D kinematics for distance running, sprinting, cutting, and deceleration strategies. We will utilize sport footage to highlight ideal movement patterns and find examples of poor movement patterns that later resulted in injury. This will include interactive examples with an evidence-based grading metric that an athletic trainer can use as either a pre-participation screening exam or in the return to play process. The in-person portion will focus on the recording and grading of athletes in real time. Our goal is to provide the athletic trainer with the skill to efficiently and effectively use this evaluation tool by the end of the course.

Learning Objectives - Define 2D Kinematics, injury mitigation, and biomechanics principles.
- Analyze movement patterns seen on film; including acceleration, full speed sprinting, trunk positioning, deceleration and change of direction.
- Apply filming strategies to efficiently and effectively record athletes in a reasonable timeframe, including video editing skills to create clean clips for easy use.
- Recognize poor movement patterns and create strategies to address these deficits.

Lab Objectives
- Use a 2D hand held camera to capture movement.

Keywords: biomechanics; prevention; readily available technology