ArticleJournal of athletic training2019
Deficits in Quadriceps Force Control After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: Potential Central Mechanisms.
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- Changes in Quadriceps Force Control and Torque Quality Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Reconstruction: Associations with Functional Performance-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Proprioceptive Training for Improving Motor Performance and Motor Dysfunction: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Neuromuscular Function of the Knee Joint Following Knee Injuries: Does It Ever Get Back to Normal? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Mixed-Nerve Silent Period Characteristics During Muscle Output Regulation in Healthy Athletes: Preliminary Findings and Comparison with a Single Postoperative Case.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Compromised quadriceps and hamstring force control, not maximal strength, is associated with gait biomechanics at 9 months following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Assessing the correlation between vastus medialis obliquus cross-sectional area and patellofemoral instability: a comparative magnetic resonance imaging study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Functional Asymmetries After 6 Months of ACL Reconstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Neural Activity for Uninvolved Knee Motor Control After ACL Reconstruction Differs from Healthy Controls.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Enhancing functional recovery after ACL injury. A protocol for a randomized control trial of transcranial direct current stimulation over the motor cortex.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Knee muscle strength and steadiness for individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and knee osteoarthritis.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2024Article
- Knee Extensor Torque Steadiness and Quadriceps Activation Variability in Collegiate Athletes 4, 6, and 12 Months After ACL Reconstruction.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Corticomuscular cross-recurrence analysis reveals between-limb differences in motor control among individuals with ACL reconstruction.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- Brain activity associated with quadriceps strength deficits after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Quadriceps muscle strength at 2 years following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with tibiofemoral joint cartilage volume.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Does the Extension Torque Control Differ between Injured and Uninjured Knees of ACL-Deficient Individuals?Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2022Article
- Neural Correlates of Knee Extension and Flexion Force Control: A Kinetically-Instrumented Neuroimaging Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
contextPoor quadriceps force control has been observed after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction but has not been examined after ACL injury. Whether adaptations within the central nervous system are contributing to these impairments is unknown.
objectiveTo examine quadriceps force control in individuals who had sustained a recent ACL injury and determine the associations between cortical excitability and quadriceps force control in these individuals.
designCross-sectional study.
settingResearch laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsEighteen individuals with a recent unilateral ACL injury (6 women, 12 men; age = 29.6 ± 8.4 years, height = 1.74 ± 0.07 m, mass = 76.0 ± 10.4 kg, time postinjury = 69.5 ± 42.5 days) and 18 uninjured individuals (6 women, 12 men; age = 29.2 ± 6.8 years, height = 1.79 ± 0.07 m, mass = 79.0 ± 8.4 kg) serving as controls participated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Quadriceps force control was quantified as the root mean square error between the quadriceps force and target force during a cyclical force-matching task. Cortical excitability was measured as the active motor threshold and cortical silent period. Outcome measures were determined bilaterally in a single testing session. Group and limb differences in quadriceps force control were assessed using mixed analyses of variance (2 × 2). Pearson product moment correlations were performed between quadriceps force control and cortical excitability in individuals with an ACL injury.
resultsIndividuals with an ACL injury exhibited greater total force-matching error with their involved (standardized mean difference [SMD] = 0.8) and uninvolved (SMD = 0.9) limbs than did controls (
conclusionsQuadriceps force control was impaired bilaterally after recent ACL injury but was not associated with selected measures of cortical excitability. The findings highlight a need to incorporate submaximal-force control tasks into rehabilitation and "prehabilitation," as the deficits were present before surgery.
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