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Female athletes are at higher risk for ACL injuries. Here is how to reduce the risk.
“Female athletes are at higher risk for ACL injuries due to multiple factors, including neuromuscular control, landing ...
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SPECIFIC EXERCISE TARGETING THE SEMITENDINOSUS IN FEMALE ACL-RECONSTRUCTED ATHLETES
which causes atrophy and reduced muscle strength in the hamstrings. As the ST serves as an important ACL agonist, exercises that causes high levels of ST muscle activity after ACL-reconstruction, is ...
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Top 9 hamstring exercises to build strong, powerful thighs
Hamstring exercises include the deadlift, hamstring curl, Bulgarian split squat. To avoid injury, warm up your hamstrings before working out with mobility exercises like toe touches. Recovery is ...
Isometric training is one of the most effective forms of exercise, here's how to do it
Benefits of isometric exercises. Isometric exercises can be used in many forms, Weguelin points out, with some main benefits focused around: 1. Building strength and tolerance in ...
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ECCENTRIC KNEE FLEXOR STRENGTH AND HAMSTRING INJURY RISK IN ATHLETES WITH HISTORY OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION
Objective We aimed to determine the effect of prior ACL reconstruction (ACLR) on 1) eccentric knee flexor strength during the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) and; 2) the risk of future HSI. We ...
Try 5 exercises to fix knee pain and offset the damage of sitting all day, according to a physical therapist
Simple exercises can help prevent knee pain ... in the knee because the quads can put too much pressure on the ACL without ...
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Medial and Lateral Hamstrings and Quadriceps Co-activation Affects Knee Joint Kinematics and ACL Elongation
The step-up with deliberate co-activation resulted in greater activation of the hamstrings, greater co-activation indices for semimembranosus-vastus medialis and biceps femoris-vastus lateralis ...