Is quadriceps muscle weakness a risk factor for incident or progressive knee osteoarthritis?

NA Segal, NA Glass - The Physician and sportsmedicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The role of the quadriceps muscle in mediating risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common
subject of investigation. The quadriceps muscle is a principal contributor to knee joint …

A study on the function of the knee muscles in genu varum and genu valgum.

N Namavarian, A Rezasoltani… - Modern …, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract Background and Aim: Genu varum and genu valgum are two most common
deformities of the knee joint in children and adults. In these deformities knee muscles …

Impaired voluntary quadriceps force control following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: relationship with knee function

L Perraton, R Clark, K Crossley, YH Pua… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Impairments in quadriceps force control and altered quadriceps and hamstring
muscle activation strategies have been observed following anterior cruciate ligament …

Male-female differences in knee laxity and stiffness: a cadaveric study

DV Boguszewski, EC Cheung… - … American journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: It has been reported that over 70% of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
occur in noncontact situations and that females are at 2 to 8 times greater risk of ACL injury …

[HTML][HTML] The longitudinal relationship between thigh muscle mass and the development of knee osteoarthritis

NA Segal, C Findlay, K Wang, JC Torner… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Greater quadriceps strength has been found to reduce risk for symptomatic
knee osteoarthritis (SxKOA) and knee joint space narrowing (JSN). However, this finding …

Effects of female reproductive hormones on sports performance

CM Lebrun, SM Joyce, NW Constantini - Endocrinology of Physical Activity …, 2013 - Springer
Women of reproductive age experience regular physical changes in their bodies due to
hormonal alterations during the course of their ovulatory menstrual cycles, as well as during …

Anatomic factors that may predispose female athletes to anterior cruciate ligament injury

EC Cheung, DV Boguszewski, NB Joshi… - Current sports …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Female athletes are 2 to 10 times more likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL)
than male athletes. There has been greater recognition of this gender discrepancy because …

Effect of oral contraceptives on soft tissue injury risk, soft tissue laxity, and muscle strength: a systematic review of the literature

JA Konopka, LJ Hsue… - Orthopaedic journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Female patients are more likely than male patients to experience various
musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries. Because MSK tissues are sensitive to the female hormones …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling joint instability delays the degeneration of articular cartilage in a rat model

K Murata, N Kanemura, T Kokubun, T Fujino… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Joint instability induced by anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) transection is
commonly considered as a predisposing factor for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee; however …

The effects of a subsequent jump on the knee abduction angle during the early landing phase

T Ishida, Y Koshino, M Yamanaka, R Ueno… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2018 - Springer
Background A double-leg landing with or without a subsequent jump is commonly used to
evaluate the neuromuscular control of knee abduction. However, the differences in frontal …