Altered peak knee valgus during jump-landing among various directions in basketball and volleyball athletes

• Main Authors: Komsak Sinsurin, Roongtiwa Vachalathiti, Wattana Jalayondeja, Weerawat Limroongreungrat
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Faculty of Physical Therapy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Jump-landing; Knee valgus angle; Basketball and volleyball; Risk of knee injury
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/10562
• Institution: Mahidol University

[Purpose] Excessive knee valgus during landing tasks is a contributing factor to knee injuries. Most studies have examined lower extremity biomechanics during the forward direction of a jump-landing task. Athletes perform many movements in the air and land in multi-directions. Therefore, the purpos...