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Gregory D. Myer is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their primary research contributions lie within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, and Developmental and Educational Psychology. Their work spans 394 publications in Medicine, including 138 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Myer's research centers on several key topics, notably:

  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Their work appears frequently in several prominent scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
  • Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Myer include:

  • Biomechanical but Not Strength or Performance Measures Differentiate Male Athletes Who Experience ACL Reinjury on Return to Level 1 Sports, 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Using machine learning to improve our understanding of injury risk and prediction in elite male youth football players, 2020, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
  • Can Biomechanical Testing After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Identify Athletes at Risk for Subsequent ACL Injury to the Contralateral Uninjured Limb?, 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Factors Influencing Return to Play and Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Rates in Level 1 Athletes After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: 2-Year Follow-up on 1432 Reconstructions at a Single Center, 2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Developmental Training Model for the Sport Specialized Youth Athlete: A Dynamic Strategy for Individualizing Load-Response During Maturation, 2021, Sports Health A Multidisciplinary Approach

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jed A. Diekfuss, Kim D. Barber Foss, Alexis B. Slutsky-Ganesh, Christopher A. DiCesare, and Scott Bonnette, each having co-authored multiple publications alongside Myer.

Best Publications

  • Biomechanical Measures of Neuromuscular Control and Valgus Loading of the Knee Predict Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Female Athletes A Prospective Study

    Timothy E. Hewett;Timothy E. Hewett;Gregory D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford;Robert S. Heidt

  • Biomechanical Measures During Landing and Postural Stability Predict Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Return to Sport

    Mark V. Paterno;Laura C. Schmitt;Kevin R. Ford;Kevin R. Ford;Mitchell J. Rauh

  • Valgus knee motion during landing in high school female and male basketball players.

    Kevin R. Ford;Gregory D. Myer;Timothy E. Hewett

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes Part 1, Mechanisms and Risk Factors

    Timothy E. Hewett;Gregory D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford

  • Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 1: Mechanisms of injury and underlying risk factors

    Eduard Alentorn-Geli;Gregory D. Myer;Gregory D. Myer;Holly J. Silvers;Gonzalo Samitier

  • Anterior cruciate ligament biomechanics during robotic and mechanical simulations of physiologic and clinical motion tasks: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Nathaniel A. Bates;Gregory D. Myer;Jason T. Shearn;Timothy E. Hewett

  • Risk of Secondary Injury in Younger Athletes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Amelia J. Wiggins;Ravi K. Grandhi;Daniel K. Schneider;Denver Stanfield

  • Neuromuscular training improves performance and lower-extremity biomechanics in female athletes.

    Gregory D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford;Joseph P. Palumbo;Timothy E. Hewett

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes Part 2, A Meta-analysis of Neuromuscular Interventions Aimed at Injury Prevention

    Timothy E. Hewett;Kevin R. Ford;Gregory D. Myer

  • The effects of plyometric vs. dynamic stabilization and balance training on power, balance, and landing force in female athletes.

    Gregory D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford;Jensen L. Brent;Timothy E. Hewett

  • Decrease in neuromuscular control about the knee with maturation in female athletes.

    Timothy E. Hewett;Gregory D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford

  • Position statement on youth resistance training: the 2014 International Consensus

    Rhodri S Lloyd;Avery D Faigenbaum;Michael H Stone;Jon L Oliver

  • The effects of plyometric versus dynamic stabilization and balance training on lower extremity biomechanics

    Gregory D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford;Scott G. McLean;Timothy E. Hewett;Timothy E. Hewett

  • UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING ACL INJURIES: CURRENT BIOMECHANICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS - UPDATE 2010

    Timothy E. Hewett;Kevin R. Ford;Barbara J. Hoogenboom;Gregory D. Myer

  • Neuromuscular training improves single-limb stability in young female athletes.

    Mark V. Paterno;Greg D. Myer;Kevin R. Ford;Timothy E. Hewett

  • Neuromuscular training improves performance on the star excursion balance test in young female athletes.

    Alyson Filipa;Robyn Byrnes;Mark V. Paterno;Gregory D. Myer

  • Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Criteria-Based Progression Through the Return-To-Sport Phase

    Gregory D. Myer;Mark V. Paterno;Kevin R. Ford;Carmen E. Quatman

  • Gender differences in the kinematics of unanticipated cutting in young athletes.

    Kevin R. Ford;Gregory D. Myer;Harrison E. Toms;Timothy E. Hewett

  • Resistance training among young athletes: safety, efficacy and injury prevention effects

    Avery D. Faigenbaum;Gregory D. Myer

  • Limb asymmetries in landing and jumping 2 years following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

    Mark V Paterno;Mark V Paterno;Kevin R Ford;Gregory D Myer;Rachel Heyl;Rachel Heyl

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin R. Ford
Kevin R. Ford High Point University
Avery D. Faigenbaum
Avery D. Faigenbaum College of New Jersey
Lyle J. Micheli
Lyle J. Micheli Boston Children's Hospital
Thomas M. Best
Thomas M. Best University of Miami
Paul Ward
Paul Ward Torrens University Australia
Nicholas A. Ratamess
Nicholas A. Ratamess College of New Jersey
Edward T. Cokely
Edward T. Cokely University of Oklahoma
Antonie J. van den Bogert
Antonie J. van den Bogert Cleveland State University
Kate E. Webster
Kate E. Webster La Trobe University

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