Journal article
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