Research

Lower Extremity Sports Research

The Lower Extremity Sports Research project group consists of a multi-disciplinary team of faculty, staff, and students who conduct sports-related research.

View abstracts from the Lower Extremity Sports Research project group below.

ACTIVE KNEE STIFFNESS DIFFERS BETWEEN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN E. M. Wojtys, L. J. Huston, J. A. Ashton-Miller

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ATHLETIC TRAINING TIME AND THE SAGITTAL CURVATURE OF THE IMMATURE SPINE E. M. Wojtys, J. A. Ashton-Miller, L. J. Huston, P. Moga

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ACL INJURIES IN FEMALE ATHLETES: A VALIDATION STUDY E. M. Wojtys, L. J. Huston, M. L. Greenfield, T. Hewett, T. Lindenfeld, K. Spindler

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE THIRD INTERCONDYLAR TUBERCLE OF PARSONS: AN ANATOMIC STUDY E. Yian, L. Gallo, J. Kuhn, R. Hughes

COMPLICATION RATES IN KNEE AND SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY E.M. Wojtys, M.B. Brown, J.M. Hall

DOES AXIAL ROTATION DIFFER BY GENDER? EFFECTS OF KNEE FLEXION ANGLE AND MUSCLE CO-CONTRACTION J.P. Boylan, L.J. Huston, E.M. Wojtys, J.A. Ashton-Miller

DOES HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS LEAD TO INCREASED SPINE FLEXION IN A MAXIMUM DOWNWARD REACH? J. A. Ashton-Miller, L. J. Huston, P. Moga, E. M. Wojtys

EFFECT OF ANKLE BRACES ON PREVENTING DYNAMIC FORCED ANKLE INVERSION M. L. Ubell, J. P. Boylan, J. A. Ashton-Miller, E. M. Wojtys

THE EFFECT OF KNEE AND ANKLE POSITION ON DISPLACEMENT OF ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURES IN A CADAVERIC MODEL: IMPLICATIONS FOR NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT J. K. Sekiya, K.E. Evensen, P. J. L. Jebson, J. E. Kuhn

THE EFFECT OF THE FEMALE MENSTRUAL CYCLE ON LOWER EXTREMITY NEUROMUSCULAR PERFORMANCE AND ANTERIOR KNEE LAXITY E. M. Wojtys, L. J. Huston

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ACTIVE KNEE ROTATIONAL STIFFNESS H. J. Schock, L.J. Huston, E.M. Wojtys, J.A. Ashton-Miller

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN KNEE ANGLE WHEN LANDING FROM A JUMP B. Vibert, L. J. Huston, J. A. Ashton-Miller, E. M. Wojtys

HOW MANY HOURS ARE YOUNG ATHLETES TRAINING? L. J. Huston, P. Moga, J. A. Ashton-Miller, E. M. Wojtys

ON THE MUSCULAR PROTECTION OF ANKLES M. J. Milia, J. A. Ashton-Miller, M. Siskosky, J. P. Boylan, S. Veerapanen, E. M. Wojtys

OUTCOME OF ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURES OVER 40 YEARS OF AGE J.E. Kuhn, D. Weber, P. Thomas