ArticleJournal of human kinetics2017
Baseline Mechanical and Neuromuscular Profile of Knee Extensor and Flexor Muscles in Professional Soccer Players at the Start of the Pre-Season.
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- Assessment of the neuromuscular characteristics of the flexo-extension muscles of knee by tensiomyography in elite soccer players: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- Tensiomyography, functional movement screen and counter movement jump for the assessment of injury risk in sport: a systematic review of original studies of diagnostic tests.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- Limited positional differences in lower-limb muscle contractile properties among female football players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Establishing reference values for tensiomyography-derived parameters in soccer players: insights from a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Biology of sport · 2025Review
- Tensiomyographic Assessment of Contractile Properties in Elite Youth Soccer Players According to Maturity Status.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Muscle Contractile Properties Measured by the Tensiomyography (TMG) Method in Top-Level Football Players of Different Playing Positions: The Case of Serbian Super League.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Muscle Asymmetries in the Lower Limbs of Male Soccer Players: Preliminary Findings on the Association between Countermovement Jump and Tensiomyography.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Differences in the Contractile Properties of the Biceps Femoris and Semitendinosus Muscles Throughout a Season in Professional Soccer Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
- Muscle Contraction Adaptations in Top-Level Karate Athletes Assessed by Tensiomyography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The muscle contractile properties in female soccer players: inter-limb comparison using tensiomyography.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2022Article
- Lower-Limb Muscle Contractile Properties, Explosive Power and the Subjective Response of Elite Soccer Players to the COVID-19 Lockdown.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effect of Three Half-Squat Protocols on the Tensiomyographic Twitch Response and Tissue Damage of the Rectus Femoris and the Biceps Femoris.Journal of human kinetics · 2020Article
- Bilateral Asymmetries Assessment in Elite and Sub-Elite Male Futsal Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Comment on: "Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography".Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- Evaluation of Calf Muscular Function During the Recovery Phase After the Repair of an Achilles Tendon Rupture.Frontiers in surgery · 2019Article
- Clinical utility of tensiomyography for muscle function analysis in athletes.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Repeated Sprint Ability and Muscular Responses According to the Age Category in Elite Youth Soccer Players.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the mechanical and neuromuscular profile of knee extensor and flexor muscles in professional soccer players at the start of the pre-season, and to calculate percentages for symmetry, as well as examine differences according to the player's positional role. The vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF) and biceps femoris (BF) of 16 professional soccer players were evaluated by means of tensiomyography (TMG) on the first day of the pre-season. A paired-samples t test (p < .05) was used to compare the dominant and non-dominant lower limb. One-way ANOVA was applied, with the positional role as an independent factor. No differences were observed between the dominant and non-dominant leg. The highest degree of symmetry corresponded to the VM (92.5 ± 2.7%), and the lowest to the BF (80.7 ± 10.9%). The positional role was associated with significant differences in some of the variables for the BF, RF and VM, although only the half-relaxation time in the BF and the time to sustain force in the VM differed across all the playing positions considered. TMG was shown to be a useful way of evaluating the neuromuscular characteristics of soccer players at the start of the pre-season, and of establishing baseline values for individual players.
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