LIMITED HIP AND KNEE FLEXION DURING LANDING IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED FRONTAL PLANE KNEE MOTION AND MOMENTS

摘要

BackgroundIt has been proposed that female athletes who limit knee and hip flexion during athletic tasks rely more on the passive restraints in the frontal plane to deceleration their body center of mass. This biomechanical pattern is thought to increase the risk for anterior cruciate ligament injury. To date, the relationship between sagittal plane kinematics and frontal plane knee motion and moments has not been explored.