Articular cartilage injury is observed with increasing frequency in both elite and amateur
athletes and results from the significant acute and chronic joint stress associated with impact …

Context: Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) occur because of excessive loading
on the knee. ACL injury prevention programs can influence sagittal plane ACL loading …

Strength and Conditioning for Team Sports is designed to help trainers and coaches to
devise more effective high-performance training programs for team sports. This remains the …

Study Design Prospective single-group repeated-measures design. Objectives To quantify
electromyographic (EMG) signal amplitude of the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, vastus …

Jan MH, Lin CH, Lin YF, Lin JJ, Lin DH. Effects of weight-bearing versus nonweight-bearing
exercise on function, walking speed, and position sense in participants with knee …

Purpose: To compare EMG activity of selected hip and knee muscle groups in female
athletes performing a modified single-leg squat and the 2-leg squat using the same relative …

Objectives To measure the absolute and relative reliability and the smallest real difference
(SRD) in three commonly used hop tests, two leg-power tests and the single-leg squat jump …

Study Design Mixed-model, repeated-measures design in a laboratory setting. Objectives To
examine the differences in hip, knee, and ankle kinematics between a bilateral drop-vertical …

Context: Anterior tibial shear force and knee valgus moment increase anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) loading. Muscle coactivation of the quadriceps and hamstrings influences …

Context: Closed kinetic chain exercises are an integral part of rehabilitation programs after
lower extremity injury. Sex differences in lower extremity kinematics have been reported …