The lower extremity landing impact is a popular research direction, and jumping pattern of landing or takeoff is a necessary motion technology. The collision injuries and sport performance of lower extremity is often linked with stiffness. Human limb in external environment will continue to change the ability to adapt, and then there is a perfect athletic performance. Besides the role of joint and muscle work, stiffness modulation is a key factor. Description of the stiffness concept has taken seriously. Therefore, this study was to investigate the spring-mass model and stiffness research topics, in view of biomechanics, to explain the concept of stiffness characteristics associated with research and development of applications, in order to provide better ideas to sports science application in analysis and theory of integration.