ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete Causes, Impacts, and Conditioning Programs /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Noyes, Frank R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Barber-Westin, Sue (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur each year worldwide. Such injuries can cause long-term problems in the knee joint, including in particular the early onset of osteoarthritis. It has been evident for some time that a tremendous gender disparity exists in noncontact ACL...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: The ACL: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Mechanisms of Injury, and the Gender Disparity. The Impact of ACL Injuries: Short- and Long-Term Effects on the Knee Joint: Consequences of Complete ACL Ruptures
• ACL Reconstruction: Chondroprotective Effects, Risks of Reinjury. Proposed Risk Factors of Noncontact ACL Injuries: Role of Shoe-Surface Interaction and Noncontact ACL Injuries
• Neuromuscular Differences Between Men and Women
• Gender Differences in Muscular Protection of the Knee
• Effects of Alterations in Gait Mechanics on the Development of Osteoarthritis in the ACL-Deficient Knee
• Analysis of Male and Female Athletes’ Muscle Activation Patterns During Running, Cutting, and Jumping
• Proximal Risk Factors for ACL Injury: Role of Core Stability
• Proximal Risk Factors for ACL Injury: Role of the Hip
• Gender Differences in Core Strength and Lower Extremity Function During the Single-leg Squat Test
• Gender Effect of Fatigue on Lower Extremity Kinematics and Kinetics During Athletic Tasks
• Testing for Neuromuscular Problems and Athletic Performance. ACL Injury Prevention Programs: Sportsmetrics ACL Intervention Training Program: Components, Results
• Sports-Specific Programs for Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis
• ACL Injury Prevention in Soccer: The Santa Monica Experience
• ACL Injury Prevention Warm-up Programs
• Effect of Intervention Programs on Reducing the Incidence of ACL Injuries, Improving Neuromuscular Deficiencies, and Enhancing Athletic Performance. Reducing the Risk of Reinjury After ACL Reconstruction: Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction
• Restoration of Proprioception and Neuromuscular Control Following ACL Injury and Surgery. Future Directions : Promotion of ACL Intervention Training Worldwide
• What We Know and Goals for Future Research.