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search Institute of Environmental Medicine; 2000. MAJ (Ret) Knapik began his military life as a wheel vehicle
26. Wang H, Frame J, Ozimek E, et al. The effect of load mechanic and later became a medic working at the US Army
carriage and muscle fatigue on lower-extremity joint me- Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. After receiving
chanics. Res Q Exerc Sport. 2013;84:305–312. his doctorate in applied anatomy and physiology from Boston
27. Witvrouw E, Lysens R, Bellemans J, et al. Intrinsic risk University, he was commissioned as a Medical Service Corps
factors for the development of anterior knee pain in an officer serving in several operational and research assignments
athletic population. A two-year prospective study. Am J before retiring from active service in 1994. After military re-
Sports Med. 2000;29:480–489. tirement, Dr Knapik entered civil service, remaining active in
28. Kujala UM, Kvist M, Osterman K, et al. Factors predis- military research, programs, and projects and serving at the US
posing Army conscripts to knee exertion injuries incurred Army Research Laboratory and the US Army Institute of Pub-
in a physical training program. Clin Orthop Relat Res. lic Health. He retired from civil service in 2011. As a research
1986;210:203–212. physiologist and epidemiologist, Dr Knapik has performed
29. Boling MC, Padua DA, Marshall SW, et al. A prospective numerous investigations on human physical performance,
investigation of biomechanical risk factors for patello- physical training, nutrition, activity-related injuries, injury risk
femoral pain syndrome. The joint undertaking to moni- factors, and interventions to reduce injuries. He has more than
tor and prevent ACL injury (JUMP-ACL) cohort. Am J 250 publications in these and other areas. He is a fellow of the
Sports Med. 2009;37:2108–2116. American College of Sports Medicine and holds the Order of
Military Medical Merit. He is currently working as a Knowl-
edge Preservation Fellow at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education. E-mail: joseph.j.knapik@JSOMonline.org.

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