Martha M. Murray ● Patrick Vavken
Braden C. Fleming
Editors

2013

Knee Biology, Mechanics, and Treatment

Emily was driving toward the basket, a move she had done a 1,000 times before. She
went up for the shot, and upon landing, her knee gave way. She felt a shifting in her
knee microseconds before she heard a “pop.” After dropping to the court and grabbing
her knee, she was carried off the court by her concerned coach and trainer.
They wrapped her knee in ice packs and sent her to see her doctor in hopes it was
not a devastating ACL injury.