The purpose of this study is to conduct a comprehensive clinical and biomechanical screening of high school, collegiate-level, recreational, and Olympic/professional-level athletes with the goal of identifying individual functional and performance deficits that lead to future injury.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
33
The biofeedback knee sleeve is a device that is artificially-intelligent and utilizes determined cut-off values of knee motion and forces to determine whether a motion is 'good' or 'bad'. A 'bad' knee motion will provide a haptic output to the wearer (biofeedback) so that they can take note of what the previous motion was that caused the device to signal a warning.
The biofeedback knee sleeve is a device that is artificially-intelligent and utilizes determined cut-off values of knee motion and forces to determine whether a motion is 'good' or 'bad'. This intervention will provide sham biofeedback during training sessions.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
3D Motion
Lower limb kinetics and kinematics will be calculated with inverse dynamics from 3D motion capture.
Time frame: 8-16 weeks
Rate / Incidence of Knee Injury
Knee injuries will be reported via coach, athletic trainer, or medical staff
Time frame: 8-16 weeks
Landing force
Non-contact injuries to the lower limb are dependent on ground reaction force. As ground reaction force is minimized during landing, so is the risk for injury as lower forces are transmitted through the limb.
Time frame: 8-16 weeks
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