SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM:
By exploring lower limb kinetics in sports, clinicians can better understand the effects they place on the knee, ultimately manipulating the risk factors to decrease the rates of ACL tears (2, 11). 70 percent of ACL injuries occur as a result of playing sports. (5) ACL tears are usually season ending injuries that require surgery. Because they require surgery, the medical costs are high, averaging around 20,000-50,000 dollars (1, 5, 12,). The rate of return to sports after recovering from ACL reconstruction are less than ideal when compared to standards. Reports by Feller J. and Webster K. (5) also show a 15 percent increase of athletes not returning back to play. Social, physiological factors, as well as long
By exploring lower limb kinetics in sports, clinicians can better understand the effects they place on the knee, ultimately manipulating the risk factors to decrease the rates of ACL tears (2, 11). 70 percent of ACL injuries occur as a result of playing sports. (5) ACL tears are usually season ending injuries that require surgery. Because they require surgery, the medical costs are high, averaging around 20,000-50,000 dollars (1, 5, 12,). The rate of return to sports after recovering from ACL reconstruction are less than ideal when compared to standards. Reports by Feller J. and Webster K. (5) also show a 15 percent increase of athletes not returning back to play. Social, physiological factors, as well as long