The influence of abnormal hip mechanics on knee injury: a biomechanical perspective

CM Powers - journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy, 2010 - jospt.org
During the last decade, there has been a growing body of literature suggesting that proximal
factors may play a contributory role with respect to knee injuries. A review of the …

The use of instability to train the core musculature

DG Behm, EJ Drinkwater… - Applied physiology …, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Training of the trunk or core muscles for enhanced health, rehabilitation, and athletic
performance has received renewed emphasis. Instability resistance exercises have become …

Trunk, pelvis, hip, and knee kinematics, hip strength, and gluteal muscle activation during a single-leg squat in males and females with and without patellofemoral pain …

TH Nakagawa, ÉTU Moriya, CD Maciel… - Journal of orthopaedic & …, 2012 - jospt.org
Study Design Controlled laboratory study using a cross-sectional design. Objectives To
determine whether there are any differences between the sexes in trunk, pelvis, hip, and …

Limited hip and knee flexion during landing is associated with increased frontal plane knee motion and moments

CD Pollard, SM Sigward, CM Powers - Clinical biomechanics, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that female athletes who limit knee and hip flexion
during athletic tasks rely more on the passive restraints in the frontal plane to deceleration …

Optimization of the anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention paradigm: novel feedback techniques to enhance motor learning and reduce injury risk

A Benjaminse, A Gokeler, AV Dowling… - journal of orthopaedic & …, 2015 - jospt.org
Primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programs effectively reduce ACL
injury risk in the short term. Despite these programs, ACL injury incidence is still high …

Hip muscle weakness and overuse injuries in recreational runners

PE Niemuth, RJ Johnson, MJ Myers… - Clinical Journal of Sport …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To test for differences in strength of 6 muscle groups of the hip on the involved leg
in recreational runners with injuries compared with the uninvolved leg and a control group of …

[HTML][HTML] Lower extremity functional tests and risk of injury in division iii collegiate athletes

J Brumitt, BC Heiderscheit, RC Manske… - … journal of sports …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: A total of 193 Division III athletes from 15 university teams (110 females, age
19.1±1.1 y; 83 males, age 19.5±1.3 y) were tested prior to their sports seasons. Athletes …

ACL Research retreat VII: an update on anterior cruciate ligament injury risk factor identification, screening, and prevention: March 19–21, 2015; Greensboro, NC

SJ Shultz, RJ Schmitz, A Benjaminse… - Journal of athletic …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
The seventh ACL Research Retreat was held March 19–21, 2015, in Greensboro, North
Carolina. The retreat brought together clinicians and researchers to present and discuss the …

Loading characteristics of females exhibiting excessive valgus moments during cutting

SM Sigward, CM Powers - Clinical biomechanics, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Excessive knee valgus moments are considered a risk factor for non-
contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes, however, little is known about …

Prevention of ACL injury, part I: injury characteristics, risk factors, and loading mechanism

B Dai, D Herman, H Liu, WE Garrett… - Research in sports …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is one of the most common injuries in sports. ACL
injuries are not only costly from financial and health services consumption standpoints, but …