2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

ACL injury mechanisms during alpine skiing and its prevention.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19200046
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sports science
Research Institution	International Budo University
Principal Investigator	ISHIGE Yusuke International Budo University, 体育学部, 准教授 (30251317)
Research Collaborator	YOSHIOKA Shinsuke 立命館大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 助教 (20512312)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	アルペンスキー / 膝前十字靱帯損傷 / バイオメカニクス
Research Abstract	ACL injury mechanisms during alpine skiing were investigated through biomechanical methods. Backward fall and rapid change of knee valgus-external rotation to valgus-internal rotaion during ski turn were predicted as critical situations. To avoid those situations, skier should make his upper body forward as much as he can during backward fall and put his body weight to his inside ski in the latter situation.

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