Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10433256 | Journal of Biomechanics | 2011 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Considering that an athlete performs at-risk sports activities countless times throughout the course of his or her career prior to the instance of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, one may conclude that non-contact ACL injury is a rare event. Nevertheless, the overall number of non-contact ACL injuries, both in the US and worldwide, remains alarming due to the growing number of recreational and professional athletes participating in high-risk activities. To date, numerous non-contact ACL injury mechanisms have been proposed, but none provides a detailed picture of sequence of events leading to injury and the exact cause of this injury remains elusive. In this perspective article, we propose a new conception of non-contact ACL injury mechanism that comprehensively integrates risk factors inside and outside the knee joint. The proposed mechanism is robust in the sense that it is biomechanically justifiable and addresses a number of confounding issues related to ACL injury.
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Authors
Javad Hashemi, Ryan Breighner, Naveen Chandrashekar, Daniel M. Hardy, Ajit M. Chaudhari, Sandra J. Shultz, James R. Slauterbeck, Bruce D. Beynnon,