More women participate in sports than ever before and the proportion of women athletes at
the Olympic Games is nearly 50%. The pelvic floor in women may be the only area of the …

This review includes the latest findings based on experimental studies addressing sport-
specific balance, an area of research that has grown dramatically in recent years. The main …

Core stability training (CST) has increased in popularity among athletes and the general
fitness population despite limited evidence CST programmes alone lead to improved athletic …

Single-leg and double-leg landing techniques are common athletic maneuvers typically
performed from various landing heights during intensive sports activities. However, it is still …

Considering that an athlete performs at-risk sports activities countless times throughout the
course of his or her career prior to the instance of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury …

Lack of the necessary magnitude of energy dissipation by lower extremity joint muscles may
be implicated in elevated impact stresses present during landing from greater heights …

Understanding the mechanics behind knee joint injuries and providing appropriate
treatment is crucial for improving physical function, quality of life, and employability. In this …

Targeted injury prevention strategies, based on biomechanical analyses, have the potential
to help reduce the incidence and severity of gymnastics injuries. This review outlines the …

Ground reaction forces (GRF), knee flexion angles, angular velocities and joint powers are
unknown at large landing heights, which are infeasible for laboratory testing. However, this …

Abstract Wallace, BJ, Kernozek, TW, White, JM, Kline, DE, Wright, GA, Peng, HT, and Huang,
CF. Quantification of vertical ground reaction forces of popular bilateral plyometric exercises …