Farm youth often carry loads that are proportionally large and/or heavy, and field measurements have determined that these tasks are equivalent to industrial jobs with high injury risks. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of age, load amount, and load symmetry on lower extremity joint moments during carrying tasks. Three age groups (8-10 years, 12-14 years, adults), three lo...

A large external knee adduction torque during gait has been correlated with the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Though foot path changes (e.g. toeing out) can reduce the adduction torque, no method currently exists to predict whether an optimal foot path exists for a specific patient. This study evaluates a patient-specific optimization cost function to predict how foot path changes in...

BACKGROUND Medial elbow distraction during pitching as the primary mechanism contributing to adaptations in ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) appearance during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluation has not been established. HYPOTHESIS Uninjured high school-aged pitchers with unilateral adaptations of the UCL exhibit a higher peak internal elbow adduction moment than those without UCL adap...

Citation for published version (APA): Mølgaard, C. (2015). Mechanical and physiological factors in knee joint contact mechanics: early changes following meniscectomy and conservative intervention strategies. Aalborg Universitetsforlag. (Ph.d.-serien for Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Aalborg Universitet). General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in th...

CONTEXT Decreased flexibility in muscles and joints of lower extremities is commonly observed in runners. Understanding the effect of decreased flexibility on knee walking kinematics in runners is important because, over time, altered gait patterns can make runners vulnerable to overuse injuries or degenerative pathologies. OBJECTIVES To compare hamstring and iliotibial-band (ITB) flexibility...

INTRODUCTION The mechanical environment of the knee during walking can influence both the health and breakdown of the knee cartilage. With walking being the most common activity of daily living as well as producing a cyclically reproducible pattern of loading a close link to the maintenance of healthy knee cartilage is indicated.(1) Normally 60–80% of the total intrinsic compressive load transm...