OBJECTIVES: Arthritis, surgery, and traumatic injury of the knee joint are associated with
long-lasting inability to fully activate the quadriceps muscle, a process known as arthrogenic …

Osteoarthritis is a painful and disabling disease that affects millions of patients. Its aetiology
is largely unknown, but is most likely multi-factorial. Osteoarthritis poses a dilemma: it often …

Context: Arthrogenic muscle inhibition is an important underlying factor in persistent
quadriceps muscle weakness after knee injury or surgery. Objective: To determine the …

Osteoarthritis in young adults is most commonly a result of a previous injury to the knee.
Deconditioning of the musculoskeletal system is seen with joint injury, obesity, and aging, all …

As the world population structure has already exhibited an inevitable trend of aging,
technical advances that can provide better eldercare are highly desired. Knee osteoarthritis …

Background: Arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI) is a process in which neural inhibition after
injury or surgery to the knee results in quadriceps activation failure and knee extension …

Objective To assess whether knee extensor strength or hamstring: quadriceps (H: Q) ratio
predicts risk for incident radiographic tibiofemoral and incident symptomatic whole knee …

Aging is associated with significant decline in neuromuscular function and performance.
Sarcopenia, often defined as age-related loss of muscle mass, strength, and functional …

Objective This study aims to investigate the effects of a quadriceps isometric contraction
exercise method in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods A total of 250 patients …

An activity profile of competitive 3× 2-min novice-level amateur boxing was created based
on video footage and postbout blood [La] in 32 male boxers (mean±SD) age 19.3±1.4 y …