EMG analysis of two portions of the vastus medialis muscle during selected knee rehabilitation exercises

JK Hubbard, S Opersteny - Journal of musculoskeletal Research, 2002 - World Scientific
Despite a prevalence of literature describing the function and rehabilitation of the vastus
medialis oblique (VMO) muscle, no literature exists which substantiates the existence of the …

Motor units in vastus lateralis and in different vastus medialis regions show different firing properties during low-level, isometric knee extension contraction

LML de Souza, HV Cabral, LF de Oliveira… - Human Movement …, 2018 - Elsevier
Architectural differences along vastus medialis (VM) and between VM and vastus lateralis
(VL) are considered functionally important for the patellar tracking, knee joint stability and …

New insights into the function of the vastus medialis with clinical implications.

H Toumi, G Poumarat, M Benjamin, TM Best… - Medicine and science …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Purpose To investigate the gross anatomy of the distal portion of the quadriceps, and to
compare the relative contributions of the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis …

Regional activation within the vastus medialis in stimulated and voluntary contractions

A Gallina, TD Ivanova… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
This study examined the contribution of muscle fiber orientation at different knee angles to
regional activation identified with high-density surface electromyography (HDsEMG) …

Effect of tibia rotation on the electromyographical activity of the vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis longus muscles during isometric leg press

FV Serrão, CMN Cabral, F Bérzin, C Candolo… - Physical Therapy in …, 2005 - Elsevier
Objectives: To evaluate the electrical activity of the vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and
vastus lateralis longus (VLL) with the tibia in neutral, medial and lateral rotation on the …

Activation of vastus medialis oblique is not delayed in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee compared to asymptomatic participants during open kinetic chain …

J Dixon, TE Howe - Manual therapy, 2007 - Elsevier
This study investigated whether the onset of electromyographic (EMG) activity of vastus
medialis oblique (VMO) was delayed relative to that of vastus lateralis (VL) in patients with …

The highest antagonistic coactivation of the vastus intermedius muscle among quadriceps femoris muscles during isometric knee flexion

A Saito, K Watanabe, H Akima - Journal of Electromyography and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Although the possibility that the vastus intermedius (VI) muscle contributes to flexion of the
knee joint has been suggested previously, the detail of its functional role in knee flexion is …

Effects of knee joint angles and fatigue on the neuromuscular control of vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis muscle in humans

AYF Chan, FLL Lee, PK Wong, CYM Wong… - European journal of …, 2001 - Springer
The effects of different knee joint angles and fatigue on the neuromuscular control of the
vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles were investigated in 17 (11 …

Vastus lateralis single motor unit EMG at the same absolute torque production at different knee angles

TM Altenburg, A de Haan… - Journal of applied …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Single motor unit electromyographic (EMG) activity of the knee extensors was investigated at
different knee angles with subjects (n= 10) exerting the same absolute submaximal isometric …

Electromyographic responses from the vastus medialis during isometric muscle actions

CM Smith, TJ Housh, T Herda… - … journal of sports …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
This study examined the electromyographic (EMG) responses from the vastus medialis (VM)
for electrodes placed over and away from the innervation zone (IZ) during a maximal …