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This study aimed to examine both biomechanical and temporal predictors of knee joint loading during horizontal and vertical phases of stop-jump landings. Thirty-three male volleyball and basketball players performed stop-jump tasks while lower-limb kinematics, kinetics, patellar tendon forces, and anterior tibial shear forces were calculated. Statistical Parametric Mapping and Linear Mixed Models were used to identify phase-specific differences and predictors of knee loading. Inter-segmental timing, quantified as foot-contact delay between body segments, emerged as a significant predictor of knee joint loading across conditions. This finding extends previous work by highlighting inter-segmental timing as an additional factor influencing knee joint loading alongside established biomechanical predictors such as displacement velocity, body mass, and knee range of motion. Horizontal landing phases showed a stiffer strategy compared to vertical phases, with reduced joint range of motion (40\u201383%) and increased knee valgus. These differences were associated with higher anterior tibial shear (121%) and patellar tendon (156%) forces. These results may be particularly relevant in sport situations where landings are not fully planned and can be altered by external perturbations such as opponents\u2019 deceiving actions.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.52082\/jssm.2026.753","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,27]],"date-time":"2026-08-27T07:15:22Z","timestamp":1787814922000},"page":"753-760","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Inter-Segmental Timing as A Contributing Factor to Knee Loading in Stop-Jump Landings"],"prefix":"10.52082","author":[{"given":"Cedric","family":"Schwartz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julien","family":"Paulus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Louis","family":"Croisier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Delhauteur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Etienne","family":"Dubois","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Kaux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"29163","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"Alentorn-Geli, E., Myer, G.D., Silvers, H.J., Samitier, G., Romero, D., Lazaro-Haro, C., Cugat, R. 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