Neurocognitive Reaction Time Predicts Lower Extremity Sprains and Strains
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC THERAPY & TRAINING agility, core stability, low back dysfunction, joint alignment, gender, joint mobility, psychosocial stress, and many other factors.2-6 Although evidence exists to support the association of various factors with lower extremity musculoskeletal injury, the relative contributions of individual factors to the multifactorial etiologies of different injury types have not been clearly elucidated.6 The knowledge that various factors are related to injury risk in a general manner has little value without clear guidelines that can be used to distinguish individuals who possess modifiable high-risk status from those with lowrisk status.7-9 Athletic trainers and therapists need clinical prediction guides that provide quantifiable likelihoods for the occurrence of specific types of injuries when an athlete RESEARCH REPORT
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