Healthy subjects with lax knees use less knee flexion rather than muscle control to limit anterior tibia translation during landing

• Published in: Journal of experimental orthopaedics Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 32 - n/a
• Main Authors: Keizer, Michèle N. J., Hijmans, Juha M., Gokeler, Alli, Benjaminse, Anne, Otten, Egbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 15.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V; Wiley
• Subjects: Knee; Knee laxity; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Motor control; Muscle activity; Muscle function; Orthopedics; Knee; Motor control; Muscle activity; Knee laxity

Purpose It has been reported that there is no correlation between anterior tibia translation (ATT) in passive and dynamic situations. Passive ATT (ATTp) may be different to dynamic ATT (ATTd) due to muscle activation patterns. This study aimed to investigate whether muscle activation during jumping...