Kinematics of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in World Cup alpine skiing: 2 Case reports of the slip-catch mechanism

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1067-1073

  Bere, Tone ^a   Mok, Kam Ming ^a   Koga, Hideyuki ^a,b   Krosshaug, Tron ^a   Nordsletten, Lars ^a,c   Bahr, Roald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Injury biomechanics; Injury mechanism; Knee injury; Professional alpine skiing; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SKIING; TIBIA; TORQUE; VIDEORECORDING; ARTICLE; INJURY; INJURY BIOMECHANICS; INJURY MECHANISM; KNEE INJURY; PROFESSIONAL ALPINE SKIING; VIDEO ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; ROTATION; SKIING; TIBIA; TORQUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; INJURY BIOMECHANICS; INJURY MECHANISM; KNEE INJURY; PROFESSIONAL ALPINE SKIING; VIDEO ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879480692     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513479341     Document Type: Article

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