Effect of alpine ski boot cuff release on knee joint force during the backward fall

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-330

  Benoit, D L ^a   Lamontagne, M ^b   Greaves, C ^c   Liti, A ^d   Cerulli, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Let People Move Biomech Laboratory   (Italy)

^d SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACL; Equipment; Injury prevention; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SKIING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SKIING;

EID: 31644440003     PISSN: 10578315     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620500359844     Document Type: Article

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