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Frontal Plane Pelvic Drop In Runners: Causes And Clinical Implications, Evie Neff Burnet
Frontal Plane Pelvic Drop In Runners: Causes And Clinical Implications, Evie Neff Burnet
Theses and Dissertations
Running is becoming an increasingly popular sport; however, runners have a high rate of injury and are therefore often treated in the orthopedic or sports medicine setting. One current focus of these patients' treatment is gluteus medius muscle (GM) strengthening and gait retraining, with the goal of decreasing frontal plane pelvic drop. Unfortunately, there is a research void assessing the role of GM function on pelvic drop, and the effect of an increased pelvic drop on running performance. The specific aims of this research were to investigate a link between frontal plane pelvic drop and (1) isometric GM torque, (2) …