Biomechanical measures of neuromuscular control and valgus loading of the knee predict anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in female athletes: A prospective study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-501

  Hewett, Timothy E ^a,b   Myer, Gregory D ^a   Ford, Kevin R ^a   Heidt Jr , Robert S ^c   Colosimo, Angelo J ^b   McLean, Scott G ^d   Van Den Bogert, Antonie J ^d   Paterno, Mark V ^a   Succop, Paul ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Wellington Orthoped and Sports Med   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; Dynamic valgus; Gender differences; Injury prevention; Knee joint load; Neuromuscular control

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STANDING; VALGUS KNEE; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BASKETBALL; BIOMECHANICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESIS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; ROTATION; RUPTURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 15744368166     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504269591     Document Type: Article

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