"Boden BP." Mechanisms
of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/10875418
This article was based
off a study, in which “one hundred knees” were interviewed regarding their ACL
injury. 72% claimed the ACL tear was
noncontact, while 28% claimed his or her tear did in fact involve contact. Regardless the contact, most knees were near
full extension when tear occurred; noncontact was typically quick deceleration
and change of direction or landing, while contact was typically a collapse of
the knee. In addition, the study found
quadriceps play in active role in ACL disruption and “passive protection of the
ACL by the hamstring muscles may be reduced in patients with above-average
flexibility.” [Garrett 1]
This article provided
several quotes to enrich my research and further my development within my
assignment. The most helpful one would probably be the one released in the
summary above due to showing ways of prevention of an ACL injury. In addition, “Most
of the injuries w3ere sustained at footstrike with knee close to full
extension.” [Garrett 1] shows the most common way the ACL is disrupted
regardless the amount of outside contact involved. “Hamstring flexibility parameters revealed a
statistically higher level of laxity in the injured athletes compared with a
matched group of 28 controls” [Garrett 1] adds an essential facts to my
research.
The site providing this article is a “.org” site,
being organized by a non-profit organization.
The article is written strictly objectionably, as it provides results on
an interviews and experiments of the ACL.
The information was clearly produced by a highly educated being, with an
expertise in orthopedics and specifically the knee and its joints. Providing a range of athletes with ACL tears
and asking the causes and researching the topic is first hand evidence.
This article provides research and credibility that is
essential to my topic. To be able to
demonstrate results from interviews and experiments from the injury itself, was
the knowledge and information I was lacking most. My topic relates most directly to how the ACL
works, what happens to it when torn, and why it is so important. The article and its research touches directly
on each of these questions and will help me complete a more clear back ground
and education on ACLs and more broadly the knee.
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