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  • Knee Injury Subjects Wanted

    Do you participate in sports that involve landing and/or cutting? Have you hurt your knee? (ACL, meniscus, or have patellar tendonitis (tendinopathy)

    We are recruiting individuals with and without a history of a knee injury, between the ages of 13-40 that regularly participate in sports that require landing and/or cutting to participate in a study. We want to see if knee injury risk factors are present in individuals after an injury.

     

    University of Connecticut

    Modifiable Risk Factors for Injury In Individuals After Knee Injury

     

    Movement patterns (i.e. squatting, landing, and cutting), leg muscle strength & flexibility, and joint laxity will be measured.

    The study will be one 90-minute session in the Human Performance Laboratory.

    Individuals who participate regularly in sports, such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, lacrosse, racquetball, tennis, between the ages of 13-40 are eligible.

    Participants will receive $10 for completing the 90-minute test session.

     

    An informational meeting will be scheduled. Please email the principal investigator (information below) if you are interested in participating.

    This research is conducted under the direction of

    Lindsay DiStefano, PhD, ATC,

    Department of Kinesiology.

    Please call 860-486-1118

    or email her at Lindsay.distefano@uconn.edu if you have any questions.

    This research study was approved by the UConn IRB, Protocol #H11-035.

    For more information, contact: Dr. Lindsey Lepley/Kinesiology Department at lindsey.lepley@uconn.edu