Biomechanical measures of neuromuscular control and valgus loading of the knee predict anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in female athletes: a prospective study

TE Hewett, GD Myer, KR Ford… - … American journal of …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Female athletes participating in high-risk sports suffer anterior cruciate ligament
injury at a 4- to 6-fold greater rate than do male athletes. Hypothesis Prescreened female …

[PDF][PDF] Valgus knee motion during landing in high school female and male basketball players

KR Ford, GD Myer, TE Hewett - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2003 - Citeseer
FORD, KR, GD MYER, and TE HEWETT. Valgus Knee Motion during Landing in High School
Female and Male Basketball Players. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1745–…

Biomechanical measures during landing and postural stability predict second anterior cruciate ligament injury after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and return …

MV Paterno, LC Schmitt, KR Ford… - … American journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Athletes who return to sport participation after anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction (ACLR) have a higher risk of a second anterior cruciate ligament injury (either …

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: Part 1, mechanisms and risk factors

TE Hewett, GD Myer, KR Ford - The American journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The mechanism underlying gender disparity in anterior cruciate ligament injury risk is likely
multifactorial in nature. Several theories have been proposed to explain the mechanisms …

Neuromuscular training improves performance and lower-extremity biomechanics in female athletes

GD Myer, KR Ford, OP PALUMBO… - The Journal of Strength …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a comprehensive neuromuscular
training program on measures of performance and lower-extremity movement biomechanics in …

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: Part 2, a meta-analysis of neuromuscular interventions aimed at injury prevention

TE Hewett, KR Ford, GD Myer - The American journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Female athletes have a 4 to 6 times higher incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury than
do male athletes participating in the same landing and pivoting sports. This greater risk of …

Incidence of second ACL injuries 2 years after primary ACL reconstruction and return to sport

…, MJ Rauh, LC Schmitt, KR Ford… - … American journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The incidence of second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in the first 12
months after ACL reconstruction (ACLR) and return to sport (RTS) in a young, active …

Decrease in neuromuscular control about the knee with maturation in female athletes

TE Hewett, GD Myer, KR Ford - Jbjs, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Compared with male athletes, female athletes demonstrate increased dynamic
valgus angulation of the knee during landing from a jump, although prior to maturation male …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and preventing acl injuries: current biomechanical and epidemiologic considerations-update 2010

TE Hewett, KR Ford, BJ Hoogenboom… - North American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This invited clinical commentary summarizes the current state of knowledge in the area of
prevention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. ACL injuries occur with a four to six fold …

The effects of plyometric vs. dynamic stabilization and balance training on power, balance, and landing force in female athletes

GD Myer, KR Ford, JL Brent… - The Journal of Strength & …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Neuromuscular training protocols that include both plyometrics and dynamic balance exercises
can significantly improve biomechanics and neuromuscular performance and reduce …