Interval running methodologies simulate competition and training conditions, with the aim of enhancing an athletes’ ability to cope constant deceleration, acceleration, sudden changes in direction, as associated athletic performance challenges. Fifteen male athletes were recruited this study, which anterior cruciate ligament was modeled a nonlinear elastic passive soft tissue OpenSim 4.2. Parti...

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background: patellofemoral pain syndrome (pfps) is one of the most frequent causes of anterior knee pain in adolescents and adults. this disorder can have a big effect on patients’ ability and quality of life and gait.   methods: this review included all articles published during 1990 to 2016. an extensive literature search was performed in databases of science direct, google scholar, pubmed an...

CONTEXT Reduced hip-abductor strength and muscle activation may be associated with altered lower extremity mechanics, which are thought to increase the risk for anterior cruciate ligament injury. However, experimental evidence supporting this relationship is limited. OBJECTIVE To examine the changes in single-leg landing mechanics and gluteus medius recruitment that occur after a hip-abductor...

Extended use of knee sleeves in populations at risk for knee osteoarthritis progression has shown functional and quality of life benefits; however, additional comprehensive kinematic and kinetic analyses are needed to determine possible physical mechanisms of these benefits which may be due to the sleeve's ability to enhance knee proprioception. A novel means of extending these enhancements may...

INTRODUCTION The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is the ligament that connects the anterior portion of the tibia to the posterior section of the femur, stabilizing the joint and limiting anterior translation of the tibia. Certain activities involving motions that suddenly strain the knee such as cutting or jumping in basketball or football, can result in an ACL tear. ACL reconstructions (ACLR)...

The far reaching impact of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is well known. Biomechanical studies have indicated that individuals with OA walk more slowly [1], with less knee excursion [2], and with a higher knee adduction moment [1] compared to age-matched controls. Individuals with knee OA also use different strategies when challenged by different walking conditions. Walking while carrying a weighted ...

While there are many comorbidities associated with obesity, one of the more poorly understood is knee osteoarthritis through obesity. The purpose of this study was to compare the kinematics and kinetics of gait and cumulative knee adductor load, which represents the sum of repetitive exposures to medial knee loading during daily activity, between young obese adults with young, healthy-weight ad...