Auburn Uses Vicon Mocap to Stop ACL T ears Before They Happen For competitive athletes, an injury is almost a given at some point. If the athlete is lucky, the injury will be minor and the recovery time will be short. But for some, serious injuries are the beginning of a lengthy rehabilitation cycle, or even the end of a promising career. But what if it didn’t have to be like that? What if athletes were able to test themselves in order to better understand their individual risks, and prevent injuries from happening in the first place? Image courtesy of Auburn University Pioneering motion capture since 1984. Biomechanics and Sports Science Case StudyAn ambitious new study at Auburn University hopes to turn this idea into reality by identifying the root causes of ACL tears, one of

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