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Return to Preinjury Function Following Knee Injury

Aaron D. Sciascia, Arthur J. Nitz, Patrick O. McKeon, Jennifer Havens, and Timothy L. Uhl

. Knee injury is a common occurrence in athletics. 15 – 20 However, determining return to preinjury levels of activity following athletic knee injury is challenging as many factors including physical, psychological, and social influences can positively and negatively affect the return-to-play decision

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Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients After Knee Injury

Rachel R. Kleis, Janet E. Simon, Michael Turner, Luzita I. Vela, Abbey C. Thomas, and Phillip A. Gribble

Key Points ▸ General health is negatively impacted in patients after knee injury/surgery. ▸ Those with knee injury/surgery have higher body mass index, more general pain, and lower quality of life than those with no knee injury history. ▸ Those with knee surgery history have higher body mass index

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Impact of Prolonged Sport Stoppage on Knee Injuries in High School Athletes: An Ecological Study

Hannah Knapic, Ellen Shanley, Charles A. Thigpen, Albert Prats-Uribe, Cynthia D. Fair, and Garrett S. Bullock

Injuries in high school athletes are a major problem with 1.2 million injuries per year occurring among nearly 8 million athletes who participate in school-sponsored competitions and trainings. 1 Knee injuries account for 13% to 15% of injuries sustained annually by high school athletes. 1 , 2

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The Impact of Knee Injury History on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescent Athletes

Kenneth C. Lam and Jessica G. Markbreiter

Knee injuries are common in interscholastic sports and account for 15.2% of all reported sport-related injuries. 1 , 2 Although ankle sprains are the most commonly reported sport-related injury, 3 knee injuries account for the largest percentage of severe injuries (ie, an injury that causes more

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The Association of Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Self-Reported Knee Function in Patients With a Knee Injury: A Critically Appraised Topic

Francesca Genoese, Shelby Baez, and Johanna M. Hoch

Clinical Scenario More than 2.5 million athletic injuries present to emergency departments each year, and approximately 700,000 are knee injuries. 1 Common knee injuries that may occur during athletic participation include sprains, strains, contusions, fractures, dislocations, and tendinopathies

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Relationship Between 3 Single-Leg Functional Performance Tests for Netball Noncontact Knee Injury Prevention Screening in Uninjured Female Adult Players

Nicholas C. Clark and Elaine M. Mullally

frequency. 6 Knee injuries represent large proportions of netball lower-limb injuries. 7 , 8 Across netball studies, 50% to 76% of knee injuries are of a noncontact trauma nature. 7 , 9 , 10 Netball anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus injuries occur with a frequency of 17.2% to 22.4% and 4.5% to

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Comparison of Frontal and Transverse Plane Kinematics Related to Knee Injury in Novice Versus Experienced Female Runners

Kathryn Harrison, Adam Sima, Ronald Zernicke, Benjamin J. Darter, Mary Shall, D.S. Blaise Williams III, and Sheryl Finucane

condyle of the femur. 12 Given that novice runners are more prone to knee injury than their experienced counterparts and that biomechanical factors in the frontal and transverse plane appear to be related to the development of knee injury, it is possible that novice runners use different movement patterns

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NetballSmart, Implementation of a National Injury Prevention Program

Suzanne Belcher, Sharon Kearney, Matt Brughelli, Natalie Hardaker, and Chris Whatman

“Level 1” ACL risk sport and has a high incidence of ACL injury, averaging approximately 200 annually in NZ over the last 5 years ( Belcher et al., 2020 ; N. Hardaker, personal communication, August 1, 2023). These movements also contribute to a high rate of ankle and knee injuries, which constituted

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Knee Injury Prevention Attitudes and Practices among High School Coaches

Laura Miele, Carl W. Nissen, Kevin Fitzsimmons, Trudy Lerer, and Garry Lapidus

Injury prevention programs have a positive effect on performance and the reduction of risk in most studies and reviews. However, not all teams and coaches utilize them. In order to better understand this, a 19-item survey was conducted to assess high school coaches’ perceptions, attitudes, and current practices regarding knee injury prevention among adolescent athletes during a mandatory Connecticut certification/re-certification course. The results of the survey show that high school coaches report a wide variability in their attitudes and utilization of training programs related to knee injury prevention. Coaches reported several barriers to employing the programs; the leading issue being time. Future education and outreach efforts should address the barriers in order to increase use of injury prevention training.

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Measures of Lower Body Strength Associated With Injuries in Australian Special Forces Selection Candidates

Tim L.A. Doyle, AuraLea C. Fain, Jodie A. Wills, Daniel Cooper, Kevin Toonen, and Benjamin Kamphius

Special Forces. 30 Preventable lower limb injuries (LLIP) were then further classified as preventable knee injuries (LLIK) for analysis. Statistical Analysis Two 1-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) were conducted to measure relationships between baseline measures of performance and body mass, and (1