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I’m a personal trainer – this one exercise will strengthen your glutes, quads, and inner thighs
Recently, I had started to notice some knee valgus (a condition where the knees collapse inward) during my heavy squats. This is usually an indication that the hip abductor muscles and glutes need ...
Duke researchers launch $3.9 million study to investigate gender differences in ACL injuries
A new five-year grant is funding research into why women are more prone to ACL injuries than men. Duke's Louis DeFrate leads ...
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Step Aside, Cadavers…Synthetic Models May Take Your Job
With cadavers scarce and their heterogeneity an issue, a team of researchers set out to design, manufacture, and ...
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 2D KNEE VALGUS ANGLE DURING SINGLE LEG SQUAT (SLS), SINGLE LEG LANDING (SLL), AND FORWARD RUNNING
Background Two-dimensional (2D) analysis of knee valgus during common athletic screening tasks such as SLS has been purported to identify individuals who may be at a high-risk of ACL injury. There is ...
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TRUNK MOTION AND MUSCULAR STRENGTH AFFECT KNEE VALGUS MOMENT DURING SINGLE-LEG LANDING AFTER OVERHEAD STROKE IN BADMINTON
Although large lateral inclination of trunk during single-leg landing seems to generate knee valgus moment which causes ACL injury, it has not been examined. Objective To evaluate if there was a ...
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Special Features of Total Knee Replacement in Hemophilia
[3–6] Before deciding on TKR, the possibility of arthroscopic debridement must be taken into account, provided that the knee has normal axial alignment (i.e., without varus or valgus deformities).