Sentences with phrase «knee valgus»

There are some reports that increased adductor muscle activity may be related to the display of knee valgus during certain movements, including bilateral squats (Padua et al. 2012) and unilateral squats (Mauntel et al. 2013).

However, the contribution of gluteus maximus force production and neuromuscular activity to knee valgus during normal movement remains unclear.

The most common reasons for knee valgus include insufficient ankle dorsiflexion range of motion, poor hip mobility, poor gluteal strength and development and muscle poor coordination in the lower body in general.

MYTH Anatomical abnormalities of the lower body such as flat feet or knee valgus make people more susceptible to running injuries.

Contrary to the proposal by Homan et al. (2013), there are some indications that greater gluteus maximus EMG amplitude during single - leg exercises is predictive of reduced knee valgus.

How this might impact knee valgus motion, however, is unclear.

Thus, the client with knee valgus may have short and overactive adductors that internally rotate the are working pull the femur and subsequently pull on the piriformis

That's called knee valgus, or medial knee displacement.

The caveat is only if you perform them properly - not with the eye watering knee valgus and lack of hip extension that the typical player performs the lifts with that more resembles a sumo squat - reverse curl combo.

Excessive knee valgus has been linked to gluteus medius weakness, by way of reduced hip abduction strength (Jacobs et al. 2007; see review by Cashman, 2012).

Moreover, Lloyd and Buchanan (2001) noted that the gracilis does possess a muscle moment arm that is supportive of knee valgus moments during knee extension movements.

Of particular note is the trial by Lubahn et al. (2011), which reported that adding a lateromedial (outward) force during the single - leg squat directed to increase knee valgus actually decreases the muscle activity of the gluteus medius.

However, there are some commonly - used movement tests using categorical measurements that are much less well - defined, such as for knee valgus or lumbar rounding during the back squat.

Anatomical abnormalities of the lower body such as flat feet or knee valgus make people more susceptible to running injuries.

They observed that lower levels of gluteus maximus EMG amplitude that predicted reduced knee valgus.

Importantly in this regard, Homan et al. (2013) found that knee valgus motion did not differ between groups with high and low hip abduction and hip external rotation strength.

Generally speaking, lifters who squat narrow keep their feet pointed forward and lifters who squat with a wider stance tend to flare their feet slightly, thereby allowing for a greater hip involvement and reducing the risk of knee valgus.

Knee valgus, otherwise known as knee caving, is one of the most common squatting mistakes beginners and advanced lifters do.

The most common compensations seen in those with a hip internal rotation deficit (HIRD) include overpronation at the feet, a knee valgus, reduced step length, external rotation of the foot toward terminal stance phase and increased lumbar and knee extension.

Additionally, assessment of movement quality is also routinely carried out in simpler ways within sports medicine, such as where measurements of knee valgus or lumbar movement are carried out.

Knee valgus is thought to be an important predictor of anterior cruciate ligament injury, particularly in females (Hewett et al. 2005).

In addition, there does not appear to be any relationship between gluteus medius muscle activity and knee valgus) during single - leg exercises (Hollman et al. 2009; Nguyen et al. 2011).

Knee valgus is a key risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury (Hewett et al. 2005).

For example, tests are used for identifying the presence of knee valgus during drop landings (Nyman & Armstrong, 2015), knee valgus during the barbell back squat (Kushner et al. 2015; Snarr & McGinn, 2015), or lumbar rounding during the barbell back squat (Kushner et al. 2015; Snarr & McGinn, 2015).

The gluteus medius is commonly a target of rehabilitation, hypertrophy and strengthening for a number of different musculoskeletal conditions, including lateral hip pain, hip osteoarthritis, hip replacement, knee valgus, patellofemoral pain, low back pain, and iliotibial band syndrome.

In addition to knee valgus, differences in certain gluteus maximus EMG parameters have been identified between younger and older subjects (Morcelli et al. 2015) and between those with and without severe hip osteoarthritis (Rutherford et al. 2015).

Since females frequently display greater levels of knee valgus, it is often thought that females display greater levels of gluteus maximus EMG amplitude during single - leg movements than males.

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