… After anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, physically active individuals most commonly
seek ACL reconstruction (ACLR) with the goal of restoring knee joint stability, improving lower …

… muscles voluntarily soon after surgery. Since evidence exists that voluntary activation of
muscle may recruit different muscle fiber populations than electrical stimulation (10,20), either …

… -activation testing. Sample size was estimated using pooled grand volitional activation means
from ACL-… Volitional activation was used to power the study because it has been the most …

… to sport following ACL reconstruction is largely influenced by the recovery of quadriceps
strength and minimally attenuated by alterations in volitional muscle activation. This finding is …

… Voluntary activation was quantified via the central activation ratio (CAR). Corticospinal
and spinal-reflexive excitability were measured using active motor thresholds (AMT) and …

… cortex and performing quadriceps MVICs on volitional quadriceps activation in participants
after meniscectomy. We hypothesized that quadriceps activation would be greater in patients …

… and prevalence of volitional quadriceps activation deficits after acute knee injury or surgery.
… more toward a short-term outcome after ACL reconstruction. In the ACLd group, patients …

… )) on estimates of volitional quadriceps muscle activation in … cruciate ligament literature,
where quadriceps activation values … voluntary activation was quantified with percent activation …

… be necessary to reverse the quadriceps activation failure and weakness in the patients …
rehabilitation regimens to directly address activation deficits within the first months after surgery …

… a reduced volitional activation of the quadriceps,1 as well as reduced reflexive activation of
the soleus8,29 in a rested state, which may have major implications during rehabilitation and …