Immediate effects of a knee brace with a constraint to knee extension on knee kinematics and ground reaction forces in a stop-jump task

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1136-1143

  Yu, Bing ^a,c   Herman, Daniel ^a   Preston, Jennifer ^a   Lu, William ^b   Kirkendall, Donald T ^a   Garrett, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Biomechanics; Brace; Injury prevention; Landing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORCE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KNEE BRACE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPORTS;

EID: 3242774448     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262204     Document Type: Article

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