Contributions of neural excitability and voluntary activation to quadriceps muscle strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

AS Lepley, HM Ericksen, DH Sohn, BG Pietrosimone - The Knee, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Persistent quadriceps weakness is common following anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction (ACLr). Alterations in spinal-reflexive excitability, corticospinal excitability and …

Assessment of quadriceps corticomotor and spinal-reflexive excitability in individuals with a history of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review …

JL Rush, NR Glaviano, GE Norte - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Differences in the excitability of motor generating neural pathways are reported
following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) that is associated with quadriceps …

Quadriceps strength and corticospinal excitability as predictors of disability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

BG Pietrosimone, AS Lepley… - Journal of sport …, 2013 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Disability is common in a proportion of patients after anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction (ACL-R). Neuromuscular quadriceps deficits are a hallmark impairment after …

Quadriceps neural alterations in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed patients: a 6‐month longitudinal investigation

AS Lepley, PA Gribble, AC Thomas… - … journal of medicine …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate differences in quadriceps corticospinal
excitability, spinal‐reflexive excitability, strength, and voluntary activation before, 2 weeks …

Quadriceps neuromuscular function in patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with or without knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study

GE Norte, J Hertel, SA Saliba… - Journal of athletic …, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context: Central and peripheral neural adaptations have been identified after anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and reconstruction (ACLR) and are hypothesized to contribute …

Quadriceps muscle function following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: systemic differences in neural and morphological characteristics

AS Lepley, DR Grooms, JP Burland, SM Davi… - Experimental brain …, 2019 - Springer
Quadriceps muscle dysfunction is common following anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction (ACLR). Data considering the diversity of neural changes, in-concert with …

Neural excitability alterations after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

BG Pietrosimone, AS Lepley… - Journal of athletic …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context Neuromuscular dysfunction is common after anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction (ACL-R). However, little is known about quadriceps spinal-reflex and …

Corticospinal and intracortical excitability differ between athletes early after ACLR and matched controls

R Zarzycki, SM Morton… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromuscular impairments, such as quadriceps weakness and activation deficits, persist
after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Recent research demonstrating …

Greater intracortical inhibition associates with lower quadriceps voluntary activation in individuals with ACL reconstruction

BA Luc-Harkey, MS Harkey, DN Pamukoff… - Experimental brain …, 2017 - Springer
Decreased voluntary activation contributes to quadriceps weakness following anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Alterations in neural excitability are likely …

Corticospinal excitability can discriminate quadriceps strength indicative of knee function after ACL‐reconstruction

SG Bodkin, GE Norte, JM Hart - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate relationships between quadriceps strength and neural activity, and
to establish a clinical threshold of corticospinal excitability able to discriminate between …