Calculation of ankle and knee joint moments during ACL-injury situations in soccer

Thomas Grund, Ina Reihl, Tron Krosshaug, Veit Senner, Karin Gruber

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Abstract

The basis of ACL-injury prevention is the understanding of the injury mechanism. Therefore a new approach was developed and validated that enables the calculation of knee and ankle joint moments during the injury. Detailed analysis of ACL-injury situations was performed to detect the kinematics as input data for a simplified 3D-human body model. An inverse-dynamics approach was used to realize the movement. The model was driven by Net-Muscle-Torque- Motors that calculate 3-D ankle and knee joint moments. Although there are some limitations that have to be considered this approach has the potential to generate a better understanding of injury mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3255-3261
Number of pages7
JournalProcedia Engineering
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2010

Keywords

  • ACL-injury
  • Computer simulation
  • Injury mechanism
  • Inverse dynamics
  • Joint torque

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