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However, the relationship between motor competence as a factor affecting athletes' performance and kinetic and kinematic variables has not yet been investigated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 112 elite athletes (66 males and 46 females; mean age\u2009=\u200919.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.1 years) from basketball, volleyball and handball were assessed. Motor competence was evaluated using the short form of the Bruininks\u2013Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency. Biomechanical data were collected during a single\u2010leg drop landing task using a three\u2010dimensional motion analysis system (Vicon) and a force plate. Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple linear regression (Enter method) were used to analyse relationships between motor competence and kinetic\/kinematic variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All biomechanical variables showed significant correlations with motor competence (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Notably, knee flexion angle (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.613) and knee abduction angle (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u22120.576) demonstrated strong associations. Regression analysis identified several biomechanical variables that were statistically associated with motor competence, explaining 69.6% of its variance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Motor competence was related to several kinetic and kinematic variables previously linked to ACL injury risk. However, due to the cross\u2010sectional design, these associations should not be interpreted as causal, and further longitudinal or interventional studies are warranted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Level IV, cross\u2010sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jeo2.70531","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,14]],"date-time":"2026-01-14T15:27:28Z","timestamp":1768404448000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Motor competence explains the variance in biomechanical variables related to anterior cruciate ligament injury risk, with distinct predictors for male and female athletes"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5023-8776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Behzad Mohammadi","family":"Orangi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Science, School of Humanities Damghan University Damghan Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aref","family":"Basereh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences Kharazmi University of Tehran Tehran Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mansoureh","family":"Shahraki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities University of Zabol Zabol Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9524-0140","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Altay","family":"Ulusoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, School of Physical Education and Sports Istanbul Ni\u015fanta\u015f\u0131 University Istanbul Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul A.","family":"Jones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Health Sciences Research, School of Health &amp; Society University of Salford Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00336297.2023.2298931"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00167-015-3727-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2519\/jospt.2015.4986"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_5_1","unstructured":"BruininksRH BruininksBD. 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