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Association Between the Medial-Lateral Quadriceps and Hamstring Muscle Thickness and the Knee Kinematics and Kinetics During Single-Leg Landing.
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- Muscular profiles of adolescent female soccer players: a cross-sectional comparison of hamstring-to-quadriceps and vastus medialis-to-vastus lateralis characteristics.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Effects of a Multicomponent Periodized Program in Kinematic and Muscle Activity Characteristics Related to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Mechanism in College Football Players-A Controlled Trial.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Differences in Kinematic and Muscle Activity Between ACL Injury Risk and Healthy Players in Female Football: Influence of Change of Direction Amplitude in a Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The Effect of Strength Training Targeting Medial Thigh Muscles on Neuromuscular and Biomechanical Risk Factors for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
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- Influence of individual quadriceps and hamstrings muscle architecture and quality on knee adduction and flexion moment in gait.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMuscle thickness can influence the joint kinematics and/or kinetics during dynamic activities. The relationship between the muscle thickness of individual quadriceps and hamstrings or medial-to-lateral thigh muscle thickness ratio and the knee kinematics/kinetics with respect to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk remains unclear. HYPOTHESIS: Higher medial-to-lateral thigh muscle thickness ratio would be associated with lower knee valgus angle/moment and lower tibial internal rotation angle/moment during single-leg landing. STUDY
designCross-sectional. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 4.
methodsMuscle thickness of the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM), biceps femoris (BF), and semitendinosus (ST) of 30 healthy participants (16 males and 14 females) were measured using ultrasound. Knee joint kinematics and kinetics during single-leg landing were obtained. Stepwise multiple regression analysis, a follow-up Fisher's
resultsBoth knee valgus moment (
conclusionThe knee joint moments in frontal and transverse planes during single-leg landing were associated with the medial-to-lateral thigh muscle thickness ratio; thus, the medial-lateral thigh muscle thickness could be a potential contributor to frontal and transverse plane knee joint loading during dynamic movement. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Strength training that aims to selectively strengthen the medial/lateral thigh muscles might be considered in a new ACL injury prevention training program to alter the biomechanical parameters associated with ACL injuries.
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