Knee-muscle activation during landings: Developmental and gender comparisons

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-169

  Russell, Pamela J ^a   Croce, Ronald V ^b   Swartz, Erik E ^b   Decoster, Laura C ^c  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cocontraction ratios; Electromyography; Jump landings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAMSTRING; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33846245412     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000241646.05596.8a     Document Type: Article

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