All patients Age (years) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Postoperative time (months) Sports All subjects 20.5 ± 1.2 165.3 ± 8.6 63.8 ± 11.3 10.0 ± 1.6 – Males 20.8 ± 1.1 170.9 ± 6.0 71.6 ± 6.0 9.8 ± 1.3 Soccer, rugby, lacrosse, handball Females 20.1 ± 1.3…
(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical Center, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan Abstract Low back disorders may have a serious effect on an athlete’s performance. In previous…
Fig. 25.1 (a) Mean hip flexion and knee flexion angles during sprinting. (b) Typical example of normalized EMGs for the biceps femoris long head (BFlh) and semitendinosus (ST) muscles during…
Fig. 28.1 The definition of the foot coordination system. The origin is located on the calcaneus and is at the upper edge of the posterior surface. The calcaneus and the…
Fig. 11.1 Gender differences in posture during shuttle run cutting; (a) male and (b) female. Female athletes show a smaller knee flexion angle, smaller forward trunk angles, and greater lateral…
Fig. 19.1 Court position where the injury occurred in a left-handed player who converted to right-handed play. Red circles show the injury during the single-leg-landing and yellow triangles show that…
Fig. 9.1 An example of a video matched in Poser, three-camera basketball injury situation 50 ms after IC. The two top panels and left bottom panel show the customized skeleton…
Fig. 30.1 Schematic representation of the fracture zones in the proximal fifth metatarsal bone 30.4.1 Tuberosity Avulsion Fracture (Zone I) Tuberosity avulsion fractures are the most common acute fracture of…
Muscle Muscle belly length (cm) Fiber length (cm) Pennation angle (deg) Fiber arrangement ST 26.8 ± 3.6 23.8 ± 1.8 0 Parallel fibered muscle G 24.9 ± 2.4 24.3 ± 1.9 0 SM 28.5 ± 2.6 6.0 ± 0.8 31 ± 5 Unipennate muscle…
Fig. 12.1 Dynamic valgus during landing 12.2.2 Cutting Maneuver ACL injury risk was found to be associated with knee abduction angle and knee abduction moment in a series of prospective…
