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  • Oxidative stress and muscle dysfunction following anterior cruciate ligament surgery

    Creator:
    Barker, Tyler
    Abstract:
    Despite the advances in surgery, physical therapy, and pharmaceutical agents, muscle dysfunction (i.e., atrophy and weakness) continues to impair recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and surgery. Ischemia-reperfusion injury during surgery and the subsequent limb disuse are two events experienced by patients having ACL surgery. Oxidative stress and...
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    Dissertation
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    ., atrophy and weakness) continues to impair recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and

  • The Effect of Exercise on the Biomechanical Determinants of Knee Energy Absorption during Single-leg Jump-cuts

    Creator:
    Pollard, Anne E.
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    Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are common in a wide variety of sports and most frequently occur during activities requiring rapid deceleration such as landing and cutting. Deceleration of the body's center of mass during movement results primarily from eccentric muscle contraction. This type of contraction serves to absorb energy from...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Absorption during Single-leg Jump-Cuts. Abstract approved: Marc F. Norcross Anterior cruciate ligament

  • Spinal control differences between the sexes

    Creator:
    Johnson, Samuel T.
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    Despite years of research, females continue to have a higher incidence of non-contact ACL injuries. One of the major findings of this research is that males and females perform certain tasks, such as, cutting, landing, and single-leg squatting, differently. In particular, females tend to move the knee into a more...
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    Dissertation
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    Development, Sex Differences 9 Introduction Females suffer non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL

  • Acute and delayed effects of an exhaustive bout of exercise on landing biomechanics in women and men

    Creator:
    Kipp, Kristof
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    Although female athletes are at greater risk of non-contact knee injuries than men, the factors that contribute to these injuries are not well understood. One important question is whether intense exercise influences the risk of knee injury, both acutely and over the following days. The purpose of this study was...
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    Dissertation
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    Between 80,000 – 250,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur each year and approximately 50

  • Spinal reflex control in healthy and ACL-injured women during a distracting task

    Creator:
    Perrier, Erica Taylor
    Abstract:
    Female athletes exhibit three- to six-fold greater incidence of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury relative to their male counterparts. The increased risk appears to stem from interactions between several risk factors, that can roughly be categorized as anatomic, biomechanical, hormonal, and neuromuscular. Neuromuscular risk factors have recently gained a...
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    Dissertation
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    . Wojtys, EM and Huston, LJ. Longitudinal effects of anterior cruciate ligament injury and patellar