The objective of this study was to investigate the gender-specific differences in peak torque
(PT), muscle stiffness (MS) and musculoarticular stiffness (MAS) of the knee joints in a young …

Background: The number of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes exceeds
that in male athletes at similar competitive levels. This difference has been attributed by …

Study Design A masked, single-factor, posttest-only control group design. Objective To
explore the relationship between reported oral contraceptive use and peripheral joint laxity …

Background: Lower extremity alignment may influence the load distribution at the knee,
potentially predisposing the anterior cruciate ligament to greater stress. We examined …

After immense amounts of research, the root cause for the significantly higher rates of
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) failure incidents in females as compared to males still …

Context Although changes in anterior knee laxity (AKL) across the menstrual cycle have
been reported, the effects of cyclic knee laxity changes on the underlying characteristics of …

While gender-based differences in knee joint anatomies/laxities are well documented, the
potential for them to precipitate gender-dimorphic ACL loading and resultant injury risk has …

Eighty-two percent of sexually active women aged 15–44 have used oral contraceptive pills
(OCP) in the United States. The OCP, an exogenous source of synthetic forms of steroid …

Research examining the menstrual cycle and its relationship to ACL injury has focused on
determining the incidence of ACL injury during the different phases of the menstrual cycle …

Background and Purpose. Stiffness is a common clinical complaint but is rarely quantified by
clinicians. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of a relaxed oscillation …