Biomechanical differences between unilateral and bilateral landings from a jump: Gender differences

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-268

  Pappas, Evangelos ^a   Hagins, Marshall ^a   Sheikhzadeh, Ali ^b   Nordin, Margareta ^b   Rose, Donald ^b,c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Injury prevention programs; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEW YORK CITY; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34447294824     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31811f415b     Document Type: Article

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