Joint laxity is related to lower extremity energetics during a drop jump landing

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-780

  Shultz, Sandra J ^a   Schmitz, Randy J ^a   Nguyen, Anh Dung ^a   Levine, Beverly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acl Injury Risk Factors; Joint Stiffness; Joint Work Absorption; Knee Biomechanics; Sex Differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957122814     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181bbeaa6     Document Type: Article

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