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Greater Breast Support Alters Trunk and Knee Joint Biomechanics Commonly Associated With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

PE Scholar

To examine the effects of breast support on trunk and knee joint biomechanics in female collegiate athletes during a double-leg landing task.

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Biomechanics and Motor Learning in APA: A Conversation with Dr. Ron Croce

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

For this episode we had a discussion with Dr. Ron Croce, a full professor at the University of New Hampshire, about his interesting career that intersected with adapted physical education, neurology, biomechanics, and motor learning. Dr. Croce is a distinguished scholar and professor, and has received several awards for his accomplishments.

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Preteen Beats ACL-Meniscus Tear With Grit and Great Care

Stanford Childrens

The lab combines cutting-edge technology and decades of experience to help young athletes recover safely, improve sports performance, and reduce future injury risk through biomechanical assessment using 3-D motion capture video and force plates.

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Curveballs - Kids Shouldn't Throw Them, Right?

Better Coaching

In a systematic review of curveballs as a risk factor, conducted by 3 medical doctors, first published in PubMed in August of 2013, the researchers aimed to evaluate the scientific evidence regarding the curveball and its impact on pitching biomechanics and the overall risk of arm injuries in baseball pitchers.

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Resolving Running-Related Injury

Informed Practitioner in Sport

A micro-industry has sprung up within the sports shoe retail sector to provide appropriate ‘assessment’ and guidance to assist the customer in purchasing the particular running shoe that will meet their individual biomechanical requirements.

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California State Standards For PE

PLT4M

For example, “1.6 – Identify and apply the principles of biomechanics necessary for the safe and successful performance of weight training.” ” Here, many teachers use different instructional videos, lesson plans, and techniques to teach and develop this and the other standards.

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Youth Sports Coaching Mistakes

Better Coaching

Kids are clearly different now, biomechanical techniques have changed, processes have changed, regulations have changed, medical advances have occurred, and conditioning and stretching (warmups) improvements have been made. Likely, that coach played around 10-20 years ago. Let’s think about that.