Increasing pre-activation of the quadriceps muscle protects the anterior cruciate ligament during the landing phase of a jump: An in vitro simulation

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Hashemi, Javad ^a,d   Breighner, Ryan ^a   Jang, Taek Hyun ^a   Chandrashekar, Naveen ^b   Ekwaro Osire, Stephen ^a   Slauterbeck, James R ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; ACL injury mechanism; ACL strain; Anterior cruciate ligament; In vitro simulation; Quadriceps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; JUMPING; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIMULATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 77952092929     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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