We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
External Loading at the Knee Joint for Landing Movements in Alpine Skiing.
- Authors
Read, Lynda; Herzog, Walter
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine resultant knee joint forces and moments during a specific movement in Alpine ski racers. The movement analyzed consisted of a landing from a bump and the initiation of recovery (if necessary). Resultant loads were obtained using an inverse dynamics approach. Results of two specific skiers are contrasted, one skier landing in good form, the second skier landing in poor form. The skier landing in poor form exhibited larger knee flexion, and larger knee joint resultant forces and moments than the skier landing in good form. The movement of the skier landing in poor form has been associated with isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. However, the data obtained in this study do not indicate that either skier was in danger of ACL injury.
- Subjects
ANTERIOR cruciate ligament; KNEE; DOWNHILL skiing; SKIERS; SPORTS biomechanics; WINTER sports
- Publication
International Journal of Sport Biomechanics, 1992, Vol 8, Issue 1, p62
- ISSN
0740-2082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/ijsb.8.1.62