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- Title
Associations Between Lower Extremity Muscle Mass and Multiplanar Knee Laxity and Stiffness: A Potential Explanation for Sex Differences in Frontal and Transverse Plane Knee Laxity.
- Authors
Shultz, Sandra J.; Pye, Michele L.; Montgomery, Melissa M.; Schmitz, Randy J.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study to evaluate the association, if any, between lower extremity muscle mass (LELM) and multiplanar knee laxity and stiffness. Participants included 63 women and 30 men with no history of ligament injury. The findings revealed that females have greater laxity and less stiffness and less LELM was associated with greater laxity and less stiffness in frontal and transverse planes, which may be modifiable through strength training interventions.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; KNEE physiology; LEG physiology; BODY composition; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPARATIVE studies; FORECASTING; JOINT hypermobility; RANGE of motion of joints; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; X-ray densitometry in medicine; STATISTICAL power analysis; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); LEAN body mass; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2012, Vol 40, Issue 12, p2836
- ISSN
0363-5465
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0363546512461744