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Original Article
Correlation between knee related injury and biomechanics in distance runners
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Division Staff, Indonesia
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, University of Udayana/Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar, Indonesia
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I Gusti Ngurah Wien Aryana
Departement of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Division Staff,
Indonesia
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Article ID: 100011O03WA2019
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IGN Wien Aryana, IA Arrisna Artha. Correlation between knee related injury and biomechanics in distance runners. Edorium J Orthop 2019;5:100011O03WA2019.ABSTRACT
Running is a modality with a great number of practitioners in Indonesia, both due to its easiness of practice and its health benefits and low cost involved. The knee is the most common site of overuse running injuries, accounting to close 50% of all injuries. The cause of running related injuries include inadequate muscle strength and flexibility, structural or functional abnormalities, inappropriate running surfaces, overuse or overtraining, improper shoes, and inefficient running mechanics. The purpose of this study was to identify biomechanical and anthropometric variables that contribute to knee related injury in runners. Comparisons were made between a group of runners who had sustained knee pain in running injury and a group of runners who had been knee pain free throughout their running careers. Group were well matched in important training variables such as anthropometric and biomechanics variables. The knee pain demonstrated significantly greater weekly mileage, poor hamstring flexibility, greater Q-angle, longer stride length, heel strike and over pronation of foot. The results of the present study suggest that subjects who utilize a running stride characterized by relatively low impact forces and a moderately rapid rate of pronation are at a reduced risk of incurring overuse running injuries stride length, also characterized as step length. There are few, if any, significant associations between gait, strength, and anthropometrics and injury frequency. Most of these risk factors could potentially be modified to reduce joint loads to lower the risk of injury.
Keywords: Biomechanical factors, Knee injuries, Runner
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Author Contributions
I Gusti Ngurah Wien Aryana - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Ida Ayu Arrisna Artha - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Guaranter of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
Conflict of InterestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.
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