Trunk position modulates anterior cruciate ligament forces and strains during a single-leg squat

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Kulas, Anthony S ^a   Hortobágyi, Tibor ^b   Devita, Paul ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Joint; Knee biomechanics; Squat; Trunk position

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; JOINT; KNEE BIOMECHANICS; SQUAT; TRUNK POSITION;

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HUMAN FORM MODELS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MODULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SINGLE LEG SQUAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRUNK POSITION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655163526     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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