The effects of single-leg landing technique on ACL loading

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1845-1851

  Laughlin, Walter A ^a   Weinhandl, Joshua T ^a   Kernozek, Tom W ^b   Cobb, Stephen C ^a   Keenan, Kevin G ^a   O'connor, Kristian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Knee; Musculoskeletal modeling; Sagittal plane

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; DECELERATION PHASE; INITIAL CONTACT; INJURY; INJURY PREVENTION; KNEE; KNEE FLEXIONS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELING; NON-CONTACT; SAGITTAL PLANE; T-TESTS; VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

LANDING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT FORCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FORCE; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SINGLE LEG LANDING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959529404     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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