| Do you have a knee instability that is considered | | | | to your leg. This knee brace is built for speed and |
| moderate to severe? | | | | agility, which is a bonus when you do not want to |
| Have you ever injured any of the major ligaments | | | | slow you down. The DonJoy Legend has a unique |
| that provide support to your knee? These may | | | | outer covering that is "chip" resistant. This feature |
| include your ACL, PCL, MCL, and LCL. | | | | makes the DonJoy Legend knee brace more safe for |
| Are you a high energy professional athlete, or a | | | | salt and fresh water sporting activities. |
| weekend warrior that is searching for knee stability? | | | | Research on the Legend knee brace, in a recent |
| Then Read On! | | | | study published by the American Journal of Sports |
| When it comes to moderate or severe knee | | | | Medicine (1) has documented the efficacy of the |
| instability, or for those of us that are | | | | DonJoy Legend for people with ACL injuries. Eleven |
| high-performance athletes looking to help protect our | | | | people had a special trasnducer implanted into their |
| knee, the only knee brace you need is the DonJoy | | | | ACL (not recommended for our readers necessarily...) |
| Legend. DonJoy has recently changed the name of | | | | at the time of surgery. The ligament strain was |
| the Legend to the "SE 4-point" to illustrate its | | | | tested both with the knee brace donned and with it |
| patented 4-point stability mechanism. This custom-fit | | | | taken off. The authors of this study reported that |
| knee brace has proven to be superior by other knee | | | | the knee brace significanly decreased anterior shear |
| brace specialists testing procedures. The DonJoy | | | | loads up to 130N. These anterior shear loads are the |
| Legend Knee brace is designed to provide stability | | | | primary loads that will cause a feeling of instability for |
| for moderate to severe ACL,MCL, PCL, and LCL | | | | people with ACL tears. Not only was anterior shear |
| instabilities. You could be moving again with | | | | load decreased, but the internal torque strain of the |
| confidence, with the support that this knee brace | | | | tibia (twisting moments at the knee) was significanly |
| provides, if you have injured one or more of these | | | | decreased as well. |
| ligaments! How could that benefit your life? For the | | | | As a result, the reseachers concluded that the |
| better maybe? | | | | DonJoy Legend knee brace significanly lowers the |
| The DonJoy Legend knee brace (aka the SE 4-point) | | | | strain on your ACL, which is useful for those people |
| is a well designed knee brace that has unparalleled | | | | that have had their knee reconstructed and need |
| strength for athletes in high energy contact sports, | | | | stability when they return to sports. |
| such as motocross or football. It is absolutely possible | | | | (1) Reference: Fleming BC, Renstrom PA, et al. |
| to use this knee brace in more than these sports | | | | "Influence of Functional Knee Bracing on ACL Strain |
| too! Not only is it a durable knee brace, it has a low | | | | Biomechanics." American Journal of Sports Medicine, |
| profile, water resistant design that contours closely | | | | Vol 28, No 6: 815-824, 2000. |