Biomechanical characterisation of leg movement during the golf swing following knee surgery

The forces transmitted through the knee throughout the golf swing have been found to be as high as those associated with running (Colwell et al., 2005) therefore playing golf with a knee that has undergone surgery may place extra stress on the previously damaged area leading to variances in the golf swing. While it has been established whether it is safe to return to golf after knee surgery (Jackson et al., 2009), the actual effect that knee surgery has on golf movement has as not been researched adequately. The aim of the current study was to characterise knee kinematics for previously knee injured and non injured subjects during the golf swing to ascertain any residual differences in movement, despite full clinical rehabilitation of injured subjects.