Researchers tested 100 female athletes using laboratory-based measures, including the KAM status report. They found that clinically obtainable measures of increased knee valgus, knee flexion range of motion, body mass, tibia length and quadriceps-to-hamstrings ratio predict high KAM status in female athletes.
Physicians can use the results of the KAM status to facilitate interventions for high-risk athletes to prevent injury.
Read the abstract on KAM status testing.
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