Lateral ankle sprain is very common in sports. Recently, there was a wearable assistive technology that stimulates the peroneal muscles to prevent this injury, but it requires monitoring system detect injury hazards and actuate protection. This study presents feasibility of uniaxial gyroscope monitor peak inversion velocity during sporting motion simulated motion. Ten males performed walking, r...

CONTEXT Researchers have suggested that large landing forces, excessive quadriceps activity, and an erect posture during landing are risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The influence of knee kinematics on these risk factors has been investigated extensively, but trunk positioning has received little attention. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of trunk flexion on landing...

Background and Aims: The accurate mechanisms of ankle instability cannot be assessed in the absence of reliable knowledge about ground reaction force (GRF) variables. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of GRF variables during forward and lateral jump-landing in volleyball players with functional ankle instability (FAI). Methods: Eighteen professional volle...

abstract background and aim: lack of balance in pattern and activity of quadriceps and hamstring muscles increases the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury (acl). the purpose of the present study was to investigate the changes in pattern and activity of vastus medialis and semitendinosusmuscles in landing from different heights and to understand if these changes will increase the risk of a...

BACKGROUND Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries often occur during landing, with female athletes at higher injury risk than male athletes. Interestingly, female dancers have lower ACL injury rates than do female athletes in general. HYPOTHESIS Female dancers will have earlier and greater lower extremity muscle activity and higher sagittal knee joint and leg stiffness than will female bas...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of external ankle support (EAS) on lower extremity joint mechanics and vertical ground-reaction forces (VGRF) during drop landings. DESIGN A 1 x 3 repeated-measures, crossover design. SETTING Biomechanics research laboratory. PATIENTS 13 male recreationally active basketball players (age 22.3 +/- 2.2 y, height 177.5 +/- 7.5 cm, mass 72.2 +/- 11.4 kg) f...

BACKGROUND Challenges in accurate, in vivo quantification of multi-planar knee kinematics and relevant timing sequence during high-risk injurious tasks pose challenges in understanding the relative contributions of joint loads in non-contact injury mechanisms. Biomechanical testing on human cadaveric tissue, if properly designed, offers a practical means to evaluate joint biomechanics and injur...

objective(s): the effect of silica nanoparticles (snps) in sport shoes outsoles on the  parameters related to anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injury has not been investigated. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of shoes outsole containing a composite of thermoplastic elastomer based on styrene-butadiene and silica nanoparticles (tpen shoe) on knee valgus angle (kva) as a risk ...