A biomechanical study of the static stabilizing effect of knee braces on medial stability
| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Eine biomechanische Untersuchung des statischen Stabilisierungseffekts von Knieschienen auf die mediale Stabilitaet |
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| Autor: | Baker, Bruce E.; Van Hanswyk, Edward; Orthotist, Cert; Bogosian, Stephen; Werner, Frederick W.; Murphy, Dennis |
| Erschienen in: | The American journal of sports medicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15 (1987), 6, S. 566-570, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0363-5465, 1552-3365 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU198807007741 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to determine if commercially available braces could be shown to produce objective evidence of medial stabilization of the knee. Commercially available athletic braces were evaluated for their effect on abduction forces applied to a cadaver knee with no instability and with experimentally created medial instability. Under computer control, abduction forces were applied while simultaneous data were obtained from an electrogoniometer and transducers applied to the anterior cruciate ligament and the superficial medial collateral ligament at 0, 15 and 30 degrees of flexion. Our results showed a reduction in abduction angle using functional braces, whereas prophylactic braces demonstrated little or no protective effect. Verf.-Referat