TY - JOUR T1 - Anterior cruciate ligament injury mechanisms through a neurocognition lens: implications for injury screening JF - BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine JO - BMJ OPEN SP EX MED DO - 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001091 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - e001091 AU - Alli Gokeler AU - Anne Benjaminse AU - Francesco Della Villa AU - Fillippo Tosarelli AU - Evert Verhagen AU - Jochen Baumeister Y1 - 2021/05/01 UR - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/2/e001091.abstract N2 - Athletes in team sports have to quickly visually perceive actions of opponents and teammates while executing their own movements. These continuous actions are performed under time pressure and may contribute to a non-contact ACL injury. However, ACL injury screening and prevention programmes are primarily based on standardised movements in a predictable environment. The sports environment provides much greater cognitive demand because athletes must attend their attention to numerous external stimuli and inhibit impulsive actions. Any deficit or delay in attentional processing may contribute to an inability to correct potential errors in complex coordination, resulting in knee positions that increase the ACL injury risk. In this viewpoint, we advocate that ACL injury screening should include the sports specific neurocognitive demands. ER -