Tibiofemoral alignment: contributing factors to noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mechanisms of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury remain undefined. The purpose of this study was to identify the tibiofemoral alignment in the lateral compartment of the knee for three variations of a one-limb landing in noncontact sports activities: the safe, provocative, and exaggerated provocative positions. These positions were chosen on the basis of a previous study that measured the average joint angles of the limb at the point of ground contact for athletes who landed without injury (safe) and those who sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury (provocative). It was hypothesized that, in the provocative positions, altered tibiofemoral alignment predisposes the knee to possible subluxation, potentially leading to an anterior cruciate ligament inj

SUBMITTER: Boden BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2752318 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature