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  • THE KNEE CURRENT CONCEPTS IN KINEMATICS, INJURY TYPES, AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
  • THE KNEE CURRENT CONCEPTS IN KINEMATICS, INJURY TYPES, AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE OF THE KNEE IN SPORTS INJURY SCENARIOS
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Injury in Sports
  • Sports Participation
  • Injury Incidence
  • Risk Factors for Injury
  • Knee Biomechanics
  • Tissue Properties
  • Biomechanical Function of the Knee Joint
  • Acute Knee Injuries
  • Ligamentous Injury
  • Analysis of Knee Injury Mechanisms
  • Experimentally Produced Knee Injuries Knee Kinetics
  • Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
  • Risk Factors and Epidemiology
  • Bone Bruises
  • Osteochondral Microdamage
  • 2. METHODS
  • Knee Specimens
  • Data Recording and Statistics
  • 3. INJURIES DUE TO TIBIOFEMORAL COMPRESSION (TFC)
  • Loading Methods
  • Results
  • DISCUSSION
  • 4. INJURIES DUE TO INTERNAL TIBIAL TORSION (ITT)
  • Loading Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • 5. INJURIES DUE TO HYPEREXTENSION (HE)
  • Loading Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • 6. INJURIES DUE TO VALGUS BENDING (VB) Loading Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • 7. CONTACT PRESSURES
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • 8. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF JOINT INJURY
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • 9. CONTACT INDUCED OSTEOCHONDRAL MICROTRAUMA
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • 10. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
  • Isolated ACL Injury
  • Tibiofemoral Compression
  • Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • 3D COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE HUMAN KNEE IN PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE
  • ABSTRACT1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS
  • 2.1. Knee Joint Geometry
  • 2.2. Behavior of Biological Tissues
  • 2.3. Enforcement of Initial Strains
  • 2.4. Boundary Conditions
  • 3. RESULTS
  • CASE I: Flexion of 60 Degrees of the Femur (Simplified Model)
  • CASE II: Static Compression of the Tibia of 1150 N (Full Model)
  • CASE III: Flexion of 10 Degree of the Complete Model
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • EFFECT OF A LOWER LIMB INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAM ON LANDING POSITION IN FEMALE BASKETBALL ATHLETES
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION METHODS
  • Study Population
  • Continuous Jump Testing
  • Balance Ability Testing
  • Prevention Program
  • Statistical Analysis
  • RESULTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • DELETORIOUS EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON KNEE JOINT PROPRIOCEPTION IN SOCCER PLAYERS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • METHODS
  • Subjects and Study Design
  • Assessment of Rate of Perceived Exertion
  • Assessment of Knee Joint Position Sense
  • DATA ANALYSIS
  • RESULTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES