was my junior year when I was named as a captain. At the beginning of the year the team named two senior players as captains. During the first month of the season one of them got injured during a game and he ended having an ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) on his right knee. This injured was a huge impact to the team because he was one of the best players on the team and the best mentor the team could have. One of the philosophies of my high-school soccer coach was that a team always needs at least
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General Purpose: To explain what the Anterior Cruciate Ligament is. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience how the ACL can be torn. General Idea: I will go into detail about what the acl is‚ how it can be torn‚ and the process to go through after it has been torn. Introduction In my speech I am going to start off by letting my audience know some facts about ACL tears. My speech is going to be all about the Anterior Cruciate Ligament and how it tears. I feel that I am certified to speak about this
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evaluation of non-operative and operative treatment after anterior cruciate ligament injury. Moksnes‚ & Risberg‚ (2008) The purpose of the second study reviewed was to determine if there was a difference in the functional outcome in a group of individuals who had suffered an ACL injury. After non-operative treatment‚ and after surgical treatment at a 1 year follow up. The true ultimate outcome of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is not well known. (Beynnon‚ Johnson‚ Abate‚ Fleming‚ & Nichols
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Callie Cattaneo FYW101 Professor Henrichon 9/6/12 Journey of Hurdles The ACL‚ or Anterior Cruciate Ligament‚ is an extremely important tendon in your knee that is needed to be able to put weight on your leg. It is common‚ now days‚ for women to tear their ACL’s playing soccer‚ but it is not common to tear three. I was 14 years old and starting my freshman year of high school at Sentinel High in Missoula‚ Montana. It was a week after tryouts and to my surprise I had made the varsity soccer
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Introduction: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries of the knee are common in sports that require jumping and rotational movements such as‚ gymnastics‚ basketball‚ soccer‚ volleyball‚ football‚ and handball (Gilchrist‚ 2008). Treatment for an ACL injury is expensive‚ requires extensive amounts of rehabilitation‚ and increases the risk of early osteoarthritis in individuals (Meeuwisse & Emery‚ 2010; Waldén et al.‚ 2012). The financial costs associated with ACL injuries are an estimated $3 billion
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human body. Proper motion of the joint relies significantly on the function of the soft tissue constituents including the four ligaments of the tibiofemoral joint. These ligaments allow primarily flexion/extension and rotation of the joint by enabling the bony constituents (femur and tibia) to translate and rotate relative to each other. In addition to the ligaments‚ soft cartilage in the joint space permits nearly frictionless contact between the bones. Computational modeling of the knee provides
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Birmingham‚ T. B.‚ Bryant‚ D. M.‚ Giffin‚ J. R.‚ Litchfield‚ R. B.‚ Kramer‚ J. F.‚ Donner‚ A.‚ & Fowier‚ P. J. (2008). A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Functional Knee Brace and Neoprene Sleeve Use After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. American Journal Of Sports Medicine‚ 36(4)‚ 648-655. This article would be helpful for a paper on this topic. In summation‚ the article speaks about a test of 150 people in which they had either received a functional ACL brace or
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There are several factors that affect the career of an NFL player. These factors can affect the number of years an NFL player can play at the professional level. The issues vary in so many forms that includes on and off the field elements. The players have little control over certain circumstances. They have to try their best to stay healthy‚ limit the negative incidents off the field and play well in order to increase their length in the NFL. The factors that affect an NFL player’s career are injuries
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It is a common occurrence for tennis players to develop aches and pains‚ a good number of them blame the hard surface of the tennis courts. However‚ the cause of the aches and pains in the lower back‚ knee and groin have been attributed to misaligned hips. With Online Tennis Lines‚ tennis is a fun game to bet on. Let us refresh our anatomy knowledge‚ shall we? The hips are the ones that connect the upper body and the lower body. They also provide stability‚ strength and flexibility to the upper
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As our population becomes more and more active throughout the years‚ the number of adults and adolescents who are regularly involved in physical activity‚ whether for recreational or competitive purposes‚ have increased substantially. The many different types of physical activities that the physically active people participate in are so numerous that many different types of conditions and injuries have become more acknowledged throughout the last few decades. One of these injuries that have become
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