Effects of Knee Bracing on Performance and Injury Prevention
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The Honors project is potentially the most valuable component of an Honors education. Typically Honors students choose to do their projects in their area of study, but some will pick a topic of interest unrelated to their major.
The Honors Program requires that the project be presented at a poster presentation event. Poster presentations are held each semester. Most students present during their senior year, but may do so earlier if their honors project has been completed.
This site presents project descriptions and selected posters for Honors projects completed since the Fall 2015 semester.
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The purpose of this project is to observe the effect of wearing different styles of knee braces on knee joint movement and loading during a single leg jump landing. This study will be conducted focusing on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) strain, and possible injury prevention measures. Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears are common in young athletes. Wearing knee braces are common to wear after injury, and previous studies have looked into wearing knee braces for knee prevention. However, none have looked into single leg movements. Three different trials will be performed: no brace, a cheaper, minimally designed brace, and a more expensive brace. The no brace test will be the control while comparisons will be made to the two braces. The participants will perform a single leg hop test performed on their right leg. This test will have the participants jump from both legs from straight on, land on a pair of force platforms on their right leg and hop off in a 45 degree direction either to the right or left that will be given before the jump.