Category
Injury
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of strength training targeting the medial thigh muscles on knee joint kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activation during single-leg landing. Eighteen healthy participants conducted exercises targeting medial thigh muscles for 8 weeks. Three-dimensional knee joint kinematics/kinetics and muscle activity of lower extremity were obtained before and after training. Two-tailed paired t-tests were performed at a significance level of 0.05. As the results, there were decreased varus-valgus excursion (p=0.011) and peak valgus moment (p=0.029), but increased gluteus medius activation (p=0.020) and vastus medialis-to-vastus lateralis co-activation ratio (p=0.011) after training. In conclusion, strength training targeting medial thigh muscles can modify the biomechanics associated with anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
Recommended Citation
Jeong, Jiyoung; Choi, Dai-Hyuk; and Shin, Choongsoo S.
(2024)
"NOVEL STRENGTH TRAINING TARGETING MEDIAL QUADRICEPS/HAMSTRING CAN ALTER THE BIOMECHANICAL RISK FACTORS FOR ACL INJURY,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 50.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/50
