ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2018
How to squat? Effects of various stance widths, foot placement angles and level of experience on knee, hip and trunk motion and loading.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Risk Associated with Squats: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Unrestricted Versus Restricted Anterior Knee Displacement During Bodyweight Squat Training in Physically Active Young Adults: An Exploratory Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of Barbell Position and Squat Depth on Trunk and Lower-Extremity Muscle Activation During the Back Squat in Healthy Adult Men.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Hip joint contact forces and muscle contributions between bounce and standard squats.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Altered weight-bearing compensatory neuromuscular control strategies in early-stage hip-related pain.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Effects of stance width and foot placement angle on knee joint loading of partial squats in healthy female university students: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Acute Physiological and Perceptual Responses to Six Body-Weight Squat Exercise Variations.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mechanobiological and neuromuscular responses to foot-position variations during front and back squat exercises.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Impact of heart rate variability-based exercise prescription: self-guided by technology and trainer-guided exercise in sedentary adults.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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- Impact of squatting on selected cardiovascular parameters among college students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Quality of Functional Movements and the Back Squat in Amateur and Professional Bodybuilders.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Impact of the deep squat on articular knee joint structures, friend or enemy? A scoping review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Exploring the Influence of Cognitive and Ecological Dynamics Approaches on Countermovement Jumping Enhancement: A Comparative Training Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- First Insights in the Relationship between Lower Limb Anatomy and Back Squat Performance in Resistance-Trained Males and Females.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Limitations of Anterior Knee Displacement during Different Barbell Squat Techniques: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Fine-Grained Motion Recognition in At-Home Fitness Monitoring with Smartwatch: A Comparative Analysis of Explainable Deep Neural Networks.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effects of load increase on lower extremity kinetic and kinematic variables in the back squat exercise.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSquatting is a core exercise for many purposes. The tissue loading during squatting is crucial for positive adaptation and to avoid injury. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of narrow, hip and wide stance widths, foot position angles (0°, 21°, and 42°), strength exercise experience, and barbell load (0 and 50% body weight, experts only) during squatting.
methodsNovice (
resultsBoth stance width and foot placement angles affected the moments at the hip and knee joints in the frontal and sagittal planes.
conclusionsSuitable stance width and foot placement angles should be chosen according to the targeted joint moments. In order to avoid injury, special care should be taken in extreme positions (narrow stand-42° and wide stance-0°) where large knee and hips joint moments were observed.
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