TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bodendorfer, Blake M
AU  - Shu, Henry T
TI  - Do neoprene sleeves and prophylactic knee braces affect neuromuscular control and cutting agility?
SN  - 1466-853X
PY  - 2019///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Surgery/Orthopaedic Surgery
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - CONCLUSION: Both NSs and PKBs positively impacted neuromuscular control without impacting cutting agility. Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; DESIGN: Markerless motion-capture technology tracked subjects (1) without a brace as a control (2) with NSs and (3) with PKBs during single-leg drop vertical jump (SLDVJ), single-leg squat (SLS), Y-excursion, and cutting movements. Movements were recorded five times per bracing condition in three different sessions; MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Degrees of motion and time to completion; OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of neoprene sleeves (NSs) and prophylactic knee braces (PKBs) on neuromuscular control and cutting agility; PARTICIPANTS: Ten healthy, active subjects (5 male, 5 female; age range, 22-26 years); RESULTS: Use of NSs and PKBs reduced subjects' hip internal rotation in the loading phase of SLDVJ (p=0.026, 0.02) and SLS (p=0.005, <0.001), reduced knee flexion in the loading phase of SLDVJ (p=0.038, <0.001), and reduced knee frontal plane abduction (FPA) with SLS (p=0.015, 0.024) and Y-excursion (p=0.002, 0.005) compared to control. Use of PKBs decreased subjects' hip internal rotation in the Y-excursion (p=0.024) and reduced knee FPA in the SLDVJ loading phase (p=0.014) compared to control. There was no difference in cutting agility for either group (p=0.145, 0.347); SETTING: University laboratory
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.05.007
ER  -