Thigh strength and activation as predictors of knee biomechanics during a drop jump task

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 857-866

  Shultz, Sandra J ^a   Nguyen, Anh Dung ^a   Leonard, Michael D ^a   Schmitz, Randy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL risk factors; Landing biomechanics; Peak torque to body weight; Quadriceps dominance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIGH;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RISK FACTORS; THIGH; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650094002     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e3b3f     Document Type: Article

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