Biomechanical Measures of Neuromuscular Control and Valgus Loading of the Knee Predict Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Female Athletes: A Prospective Study

By Timothy E. Hewett, Gregory D. Myer, K. Ford, R. Heidt, A. Colosimo, Scott G. McLean, A. J. van den Bogert, M. Paterno, P. Succop. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2005

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Rheumatology, Surgery

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• Biomechanical Measures During Landing and Postural Stability Predict Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Return to Sport (2010, background): “Previously, altered frontal plane motion has been shown to predict ACL injury in a healthy population.(21) Our findings now indicate that altered frontal plane motion may predict a second ACL injury after ACLR.”
• Understanding and Preventing Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries (2006, background): “Other controlled laboratory studies reported that women have “leg dominance,” that is, an imbalance between muscular strength, flexibility, and coordination between their lower extremities, and such imbalances are associated with an increased risk of injury.(12,50,73,83,116) In another laboratory co”
• Fundamentals of Biomechanics (2003, background): “A large prospective study of the biomechanics of landing in female adolescent athletes who then participated in high-risk sports has recently identified several variables that are associated with risk of ACL injury (Hewitt et al., 2005).”
• A real-time system for biomechanical analysis of human movement and muscle function (2013, background): “these variables have been shown to be relevant to the risk of ACL injury [13] and progression of osteoarthritis [3, 25].”
• The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) Is a Valid and Reliable Clinical Assessment Tool of Jump-Landing Biomechanics (2009, background): “The importance of identifying multiplanar biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury was demonstrated in a prospective cohort study that indicated that subjects who went on to suffer ACL injury displayed different lower extremity biomechanics in both the sagittal and frontal planes.(19) Simulation mo”
• Deficits in Neuromuscular Control of the Trunk Predict Knee Injury Risk (2007, background): “Neuromuscular training reduces hip adduction and knee abduction torques during landing,(15,26) which are associated with increased knee and ACL injury risk.(13) The finding of excessive lateral displacement in the coronal plane exhibited in injured athletes supported our second hypothesis, that late”
• Star Excursion Balance Test as a predictor of lower extremity injury in high school basketball players. (2006, background): “Recent reports suggest that neuromuscular control may be the most modifiable risk factor in the prevention of knee injuries.(9,16) The major neuromuscular control elements identified include dynamic lower extremity alignment upon landing from a jump, shock attenuation of peak landing forces, muscle ”
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes (2006, background): “Peak external hip flexion moment was greater in the group that sustained ACL injury compared with the uninjured athletes.(43) Zazulak et al(124) reported decreased gluteus maximus activity in female athletes compared with male athletes during single-legged landings.”