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Breaststroker's knee

Abstract

Competitive swimmers have a high incidence of breaststroke-related knee injuries. Although previous investigators have implicated the terminal phase of the kick in the injury mechanism, athletes often complain of pain during the initial phase of rearward thrust. Disagreement in the current literature surrounds the precise anatomical derangement(s) constituting "breaststroker's knee." The purpose of this investigation was to delineate the …

Authors

Vizsolyi P; Taunton J; Robertson G; Filsinger L; Shannon HS; Whittingham D; Gleave M

Journal

The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 63–71

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

January 1987

DOI

10.1177/036354658701500109

ISSN

0363-5465