Functional knee brace use effect on peak vertical ground reaction forces during drop jump landing.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the landing strategies used by non-injured athletes while wearing functional knee braces (FKB, BR condition) during a drop jump task compared with non-injured, non-braced (NBR condition) subjects and also to ascertain whether accommodation to a FKB was possible by non-injured BR subjects.

Methods: Twenty-three healthy male provincial and national basketball and field hockey athletes (age, 19.4 ± 3.

Performance of healthy braced participants during aerobic and anaerobic capacity tasks.

Context: Knee braces were introduced in sports approximately 30 years ago. However, the effects of a functional knee brace (FKB) on aerobic and anaerobic performance after fatigue are unknown.

Objective: To investigate whether FKB use in noninjured participants hindered performance during aerobic (Léger beep test) and anaerobic (repeated high-intensity shuttle test [RHIST]) tasks.

Effect of functional knee brace use on acceleration, agility, leg power and speed performance in healthy athletes.

Objectives: To investigate performance levels and accommodation period to functional knee brace (FKB) use in non-injured braced subjects while completing acceleration, agility, lower extremity power and speed tasks.

Design: A 2 (non-braced and braced conditions) × 5 (testing sessions) repeated-measures design.

Methods: 27 healthy male athletes were provided a custom fitted FKB.

The potential role of prophylactic/functional knee bracing in preventing knee ligament injury.

It is estimated that knee injuries account for up to 60% of all sport injuries, with the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) accounting for almost half of these knee injuries. These knee injuries can result in high healthcare costs, as an ACL injury is often associated with surgery, long and costly rehabilitation, differing degrees of impairment and potential long-term consequences such as osteoarthritis. The interest in ACL injury prevention has been extensive for the past decade.