Decreasing Knee Injury Risk Factors With Neuromuscular Training
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Conditions studied: ACL, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
In brief
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are disabling injuries that place a significant burden on the athlete. Roughly 80% of these injuries are linked to a noncontact mechanism, with more than 70% of them occurring while landing from a jump. Female athletes are at higher risk of sustaining a noncontact ACL injury due to the higher number of risk factors that they possess compared to their male counterparts. Due to this statistic, ACL prevention programs have been developed over the past 15 years in attempt to reduce this risk among the female athletic population. These programs have been shown to reduce the rate of noncontact ACL injuries in females by correcting the risk factors associated with them. However, it remains unclear as to whether these positive results are solely due to the program or a higher exercise workload in its participants. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness that an ACL prevention program has on modifying at-risk landing mechanics (associated with noncontact ACL injury) compared to a resistance training program of equal workload.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01433718
- Run by
- Ohio University
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2011-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-04-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 20. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female college underclassman (ages 18-20)
- Body Mass Index (BM) between 18.5 - 25 (normal range)
- Blood pressure below 140/90 (below hypertension)
- History of participation in high school athletics
- Signed Informed Consent form
You may not qualify if…
- History of ACL injury
- Current/ongoing knee condition
- History of surgical intervention within one year (not including facial)
- Current/ongoing musculoskeletal injury
- History of previous ACL prevention training
- Currently involved in intercollegiate athletics
- Currently Pregnant
Where it is running
- Ohio University — Athens, Ohio, United States
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