Injuries to the ACL are the most prevalent injury in the sport of alpine skiing. Typical alpine ski bindings are good at preventing some injuries, but they do not target the mechanisms of ACL injuries. This project aims to solve the issue by adding a binding mounting plate between the binding and the ski targeting the most common mechanism of ACL injury, known as Phantom Foot, which is attributed to ACL strain due to inward Valgus rotation. The solution to preventing Phantom Foot was determined to be a pivot point about the toe and absorption of lateral displacement at the heel of the boot. This project analyzed several potential designs to absorb the injurious forces during the phantom foot scenario in an attempt to determine the most effective design.

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Creator

• Braun, Nathan Edward

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050114-165637

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-05-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright