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I spy with my little eye … a knee about to go ‘pop’? Can coaches and sports medicine professionals predict who is at greater risk of ACL rupture?

Background The vertical drop jump (VDJ) test is widely used for clinical assessment of ACL injury risk, but it is not clear whether such assessments are valid. Aim To examine if sports medicine ...
WebMD

What Is an Anterior Drawer Test?

Your doctor or therapist uses the anterior drawer test to check your anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, for an injury. This is one of the common assessments used in knee injuries. The anterior ...
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16 Relationships between a multidirectional reactive agility test, functional performance and patient-reported outcome measures 6 months after anterior cruciate ligament ...

Introduction Return-to-sport testing after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction traditionally occurs during pre-planned activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...
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Lever test yielded high sensitivity, specificity in diagnosis of ACL injury

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results of this level 2 study showed the lever test resulted in high sensitivity, specificity and overall ...

The Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Training in Preventing ACL Injuries and Age-Related Differences

Introduction1.1 The Severity of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries and Public Health ChallengesAnterior cruciate ...