Risk factors for lower limb injury in female team field and court sports: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and best evidence synthesis

TJ Collings, MN Bourne, RS Barrett, W du Moulin… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Identifying risk factors for lower limb injury is an important step in developing
injury risk reduction training and testing for player monitoring. Female athletes are distinct …

Imaging with ultrasound in physical therapy: What is the PT's scope of practice? A competency-based educational model and training recommendations

JL Whittaker, R Ellis, PW Hodges… - British Journal of …, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Physical therapists employ ultrasound (US) imaging technology for a broad range of clinical
and research purposes. Despite this, few physical therapy regulatory bodies guide the use …

Screening tests for assessing athletes at risk of acl injury or reinjury—a scoping review

N Schweizer, G Strutzenberger, MV Franchi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Various tests are available to assess athletes for factors associated with their susceptibility
and risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury or reinjury; however, it is unclear which …

An ecological dynamics approach to ACL injury risk research: a current opinion

R Bolt, P Heuvelmans, A Benjaminse… - Sports …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Research of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk aims to identify
modifiable risk factors that are linked to the mechanisms of injury. Information from these …

Landing instructions focused on pelvic and trunk lateral tilt decrease the knee abduction moment during a single-leg drop vertical jump

M Chijimatsu, T Ishida, M Yamanaka, S Taniguchi… - Physical Therapy in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the effects of pelvic and trunk lateral tilt-focused landing
instructions on the knee abduction moment during the single-leg drop vertical jump task …

Change of direction biomechanics in a 180-degree pivot turn and the risk for noncontact knee injuries in youth basketball and floorball players

M Leppänen, J Parkkari, T Vasankari… - … American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Studies investigating biomechanical risk factors for knee injuries in sport-
specific tasks are needed. Purpose: To investigate the association between change of …

Players with high physical fitness are at greater risk of injury in youth football

M Leppänen, A Uotila, K Tokola… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to investigate physical fitness, football‐specific skills, and their
association with injury risk in youth football. Altogether 447 male and female players aged 9 …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of 2D video analysis for assessing frontal plane trunk and pelvis motion during stepping, landing, and change in direction tasks: a validity study

RK Straub, CM Powers - International journal of sports physical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Excessive frontal plane motion of the trunk and/or pelvis has been implicated in
numerous clinical conditions. To date, it is unclear whether 2D video is an appropriate …

Analysis of technical characteristics of typical lower limb balance movements in Tai Chi: A cross-sectional study based on anybody bone muscle modeling

H Li, X Wang, Z Du, S Shen - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Tai Chi is an excellent traditional Chinese physical fitness exercise, and its
unique balancing movements are very important for improving human balance. In this study …

Determination of the Prevalence of Knee and Hip Clinical Osteoarthritis in the Active Professional Male Footballer and Its Association with Pain, Function, Injury and …

L Pillay, DC Janse van Rensburg, G Ramkilawon… - Sports, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objective: To comment on and explore (1) the prevalence of clinical knee and hip
osteoarthritis (OA);(2) the association between pain or function and clinical knee or hip …