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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Lower extremity injuries"”.
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Computational modeling of trabecular bone in lower extremity injuries due to impact
Lower extremity injuries resulting from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) pose a serious threat to the safety of military troops. Reports from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom identify IEDs as the cause for a substantial number of lower extremity bone fractures. The Army …
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Computational Modeling of Lower Extremity and Thoracolumbar Spine Response in Automotive and Spaceflight Landing
In the United States, 3.9 million non-fatal injuries occur annually from motor vehicle crashes. Frontal crashes remain the most common crash mode, and lower extremity injuries are the leading AIS 2+ injury for drivers involved in frontal crashes. While there has been steady improvement in …
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An investigation into associations between lower extremity comfort, injury and performance in elite footballers
Lower extremity injuries in running based team sports are extensive and debilitating. No studies to date have examined the contribution of lower limb comfort in preventing and or managing injuries. Objectives: Address one of the most common issues in professional football; the high incidence of …
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Injury prediction in Division I college football players using a modified lower extremity version of the FMS
Background: Lower extremity injuries are prevalent in collegiate football. According to Rechel et al [3], a study that tracked collegiate football injuries from 1988-2004, 55.7% of injuries suffered during spring practice were lower extremity. The same study also found that 17.6% of all injuries …
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An investigation of the Landing Error Scoring System and clinically assessable sport-related injury risk factors
Background: Preventing sport-related lower-extremity injuries relies on identifying individuals at risk. The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) is a clinical injury risk screening tool suitable for large-scale screening without expensive equipment. However, psychometric properties, influencing …
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The Effects Of External Load And Body Composition On The Sebt In Marching Band Performers
… band performers are susceptible to a variety of injuries that may have long-term consequences, especially in the lower extremity. The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) dynamic stability assessment tool has been utilized to detect the risk of lower extremity injuries, such as chronic ankle …
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Lower Extremity Biomechanical Response of Female and Male Post-Mortem Human Surrogates to High-Rate Vertical Loading During Simulated Under-Body Blast Events
… Warfighters to considerable risk of severe lower extremity injuries. Loftis and Gillich (2014) determined that the lower leg and ankle region is the most common body region to sustain skeletal injury in military mounted combat events, comprising twenty-one percent of cases reported in the …
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An analysis of foot-ankle-leg fractures sustained by Warfighters and PMHS in the under-body blast environment
… in OIF and OEF. Finally, the in-theater injuries were compared to experimental results from post-mortem human surrogate (PMHS) blast testing. Lower extremity injuries made up the majority of the injuries sustained by mounted Warfighters wounded in an under body blast event. Mitigating …
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Testing Soccer Cleats Designed to Reduce ACL Tears
One of the most common lower extremity injuries in soccer are ACL tears which have a long recovery time of 6-13 months and have a high risk of reinjury. The majority of ACL tears are non-contact and the mechanism behind them has been explained to be related to landing flatfooted. This provides an …
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Hip Abductor Strength and Hip External Rotator Strength Effects on Medial Knee Displacement in Post Pubescent Females
… alone is insufficient to prevent ACL and other lower extremity injuries. Strength training of the hip musculature may still need to be addressed in prevention and rehabilitation programs, but should also be combined with teaching proper neuromuscular control through balance, plyometrics, and …
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Behavioral Determinants of Exercise-Related Injury Prevention Program Participation
<p>Lower extremity injuries are common among the physically active population. There are many negative consequences associated with these injuries which have led to a shift in clinical practice towards prevention. Exercise-related injury prevention programs (ERIPPs) were created to prevent …
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A Comparison of Neuromuscular Control between Subjects with and without Chronic Ankle Instability
… common and potentially disabling musculoskeletal injuries occur among physically active individuals. A subsequent problem that is commonly encountered by clinicians due to ankle sprains is the development of ongoing instability. The presence of ankle instability has been linked to impairments in …
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Determination of the Functional Relationship Between Lumbar Lordosis and Pelvic Tilt
… male), aged 18-35 years, with no back, spine, or lower extremity injuries or surgeries were evaluated during static stance, gait, sit-to-stand, and stand-to-sit. Subjects performed activities in a 3-D motion analysis lab, with and without the use of a hyper-tensioned clavicle strap. An EOS …
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Effects of Isolated Core Stability Training on Standing Static Postural Control, Recovery of Standing Postural Control and Kicking Velocity in Soccer Athletes
<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> About 1/3 of injuries are non-contact in nature and half of these involve the LE’s. There are numerous anatomical and physiological mechanisms and systems involved in stabilizing the trunk for movement of the lower extremities. The ability of the trunk to maintain …
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Kinematic coupling between the foot and lower limb during gait
… Abnormal kinematic coupling between the foot and lower limb has been associated with chronic overuse injuries of the lower extremity during running. However, the normal coupling relationship between the two segments remains unclear. The equivocal findings in the literature may be due to previous …
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Occupational needs of chronic orthopedic trauma patients
Millions of orthopedic trauma injuries occur yearly in the U.S., requiring surgical intervention and hospital admission. These orthopedic injuries are a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, with lower-extremity injuries being the leading cause of trauma hospitalizations among …
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Development and Validation of a Child Finite Element Model for Use in Pedestrian Accident Simulations
… among children aged 5 to 14. The pedestrian lower-extremity represents the most frequently injured body region in car-to-pedestrian accidents. Several sub-system tests (head, upper and lower legs) were developed for pedestrian protection in Asia and Europe. However, with exception of a child …
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Influence of Advanced Airbags on Injury Risk During Frontal Crashes
… were used to identify cases in which thoracic injuries may have been caused due to steering wheel impact and deformation. The distributions of injuries for all cases were determined by body region and injury severity. These distributions were used to compare and contrast injury outcomes for …
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Epidemiology, cost and prevention of road traffic crash injuries in Strathclyde, Scotland
Background Road traffic crash (RTC) injuries affect 20 to 50 million people worldwide every year, causing premature death or disability as well as incurring large costs to individuals and society. In the UK, the number of RTC casualties is underestimated if based solely on police records, as many …