Mike Reinold

Wanted to let everyone know that there are free videos on Youtube that demonstrate a knee examination by Dr. Mark Hutchinson, brought to you by the British Journal of Sports Medicine.  I have included a preview of the Lachman test for ACL injuries below.  The videos demonstrate a typical examination by a physician, don’t expect [...]

There is fairly definitive evidence that females have lower hamstring strength and subsequently lower hamstring-to-quadriceps (H:Q) strength ratios in comparison to men. This has a significant impact on the ACL injury rates in female athletes, as the hamstring assists in protecting anterior tibial translation and strain on the ACL. Thus, ACL injury prevention programs have [...]

Great systemic review in the July-August issue of Journal of Athletic Training reviewing noncontact mechanisms of ACL injuries. Actually the issue has a few articles that I like and will be reviewing in future posts. While non of this information in this article is necessarily new, the authors did a great job putting all the [...]