Neuromuscular and lower limb biomechanical differences exist between male and female elite adolescent soccer players during an unanticipated side-cut maneuver

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1888-1900

  Landry, Scott C ^a   McKean, Kelly A ^a   Hubley Kozey, Cheryl L ^a   Stanish, William D ^a   Deluzio, Kevin J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament injury; Electromyography; Gender; Kinematics; Kinetics; Side cut; Unanticipated

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOCCER;

EID: 35649003396     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507300823     Document Type: Article

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