Neuromuscular and coordination adaptations to anticipated and unanticipated side-cutting in soccer players: a dynamic systems approach

This study examined lower-limb neuromuscular and coordination adaptations during anticipated and unanticipated side-cutting using a dynamic systems approach. Ten male soccer players completed both conditions. Kinematics, ground-reaction forces, and electromyography were recorded.

Muscle activity during the 50-ms pre-contact window, peak net internal hip and knee moments, continuous relative phase (CRP) coordination-pattern frequencies, and coordination variability were compared using paired t-tests and statistical parametric mapping. All analyses were exploratory, p-values were unadjusted, and the nominal significance threshold was p