Background: Muscle thickness can influence the joint kinematics and/or kinetics during
dynamic activities. The relationship between the muscle thickness of individual quadriceps …

Hip abductor muscle strengthening is often prescribed to reduce the peak hip adduction
angle in runners with overuse knee injury. However, no evidence exists associating greater …

Introduction and hypothesis There is a lack of in-depth understanding of the muscles
surrounding the pelvic floor muscle (PFM). The study aimed to investigate the functional …

Context: Ankle positioning gait biofeedback (GBF) has improved ankle inversion for patients
with chronic ankle instability. However, the effects on proximal deficits remain unknown. The …

Injuries involving the lumbopelvic region (ie, lumbar spine, pelvis, hip) are common across
the lifespan and include pathologies such as low back pain, femoroacetabular impingement …

Chronic ankle instability (CAI) patients often present with centrally-mediated neuromuscular
adaptations. Gluteal thickness measures derived from ultrasound imaging (USI) have been …

The study of muscle contractions generated by the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) plays a critical
role in medical diagnoses, monitoring, rehabilitation, and functional assessments, including …

Introduction. Running as an activity to improve health and personal performance has
become increasingly widespread among the popular population. This popular phenomenon …