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Cognitive Contributions To Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk, Thomas Gus Almonroeder
Cognitive Contributions To Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk, Thomas Gus Almonroeder
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore how cognitive factors contribute to non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk in young females. We specifically wanted to develop a better understanding of how the movement patterns of females with varying cognitive attributes/abilities are influenced as the cognitive demands associated with a task progress (Chapter 2). We also wanted to explore how task-related cognitive demands influence movement. We altered the cognitive demands associated with a movement task by requiring participants to execute a maneuver while attending to a simulated teammate (Chapter 3) or to a ball overhead (Chapters 4 & 5). …