Gender and fatigue have influence on knee joint control strategies during landing

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Gehring, Dominic ^a   Melnyk, Mark ^a   Gollhofer, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Electromyography; Hamstrings; Injury; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; LANDING; LIGAMENTS; MEATS; MECHANICS; MUSCLE;

ABDUCTION ANGLES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES; BEFORE AND AFTER; DELAYED ACTIVATIONS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HAMSTRINGS; INJURY; KINETIC CHAINS; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE JOINT KINEMATICS; KNEE JOINTS; MUSCLE ACTIVATIONS; MUSCLE CONTROLS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSED KINETIC CHAIN EXERCISE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THIGH;

EID: 57349141431     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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