Citation

Hewett TE, Torg JS, Boden BP. Br. J. Sports Med. 2009; 43(6): 417-422.

Affiliation

Cincinnati Children's Hospital, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bjsm.2009.059162

PMID

19372088

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The combined positioning of the trunk and knee in the coronal and sagittal planes during non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has not been previously reported. Hypothesis: During ACL injury female athletes demonstrate greater lateral trunk and knee abduction angles than ACL-injured male athletes and uninjured female athletes. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-section control-cohort design. METHODS: Analyses of still captures from 23 coronal (10 female and 7 male ACL injured players and 6 female controls or 28 sagittal plane videos performing similar landing and cutting tasks. Significance was set at P

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