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Sportsmetrics ACL Intervention Training Program: Components and Results

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ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete

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This chapter provides the historical background of the Sportsmetrics ACL intervention training program, which was the first ACL ligament intervention program for female athletes to be published in the peer-reviewed orthopedic literature. The program focuses on decreasing landing forces and improving lower limb alignment from a valgus position to a neutral position by teaching neuromuscular control of the lower limb and increasing knee and hip flexion angles. The dynamic warm-up, plyometric jump training, strengthening, and flexibility components are described and illustrated in detail. The results of numerous research investigations documenting improvements in neuromuscular indices and ACL injury rates are provided.

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Noyes, F.R., Barber-Westin, S. (2018). Sportsmetrics ACL Intervention Training Program: Components and Results. In: Noyes, F., Barber-Westin, S. (eds) ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56558-2_17

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