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Female athletes are at higher risk for ACL injuries. Here is how to reduce the risk.
UAB Medicine Physical Therapy at Dunnavant Valley is the newest clinic location for UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine ... it is important to keep hamstrings strong relative to quadriceps for proper ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...