Objective Due to the substantial prevalence of patellofemoral pain syndrome and importance quadriceps strengthening in knee rehabilitation, determining best way activate strengthen patella stabilizing muscles is considered as one important keys treatment. The aim this study evaluate effect different hip rotations associated with ankle dorsiflexion during maximal straight leg raising (SLR) maneu...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of performing squat exercises with visual feedback on the activation of the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles in young adults with an increased quadriceps angle (Q-angle). [Subjects] This study used a motion analysis program (Dartfish, Switzerland) to select 20 young adults with an increased Q-angle, w...

The purpose of this study was to measure the relative contributions of 4 hip and thigh muscles while performing squats at 3 depths. Ten experienced lifters performed randomized trials of squats at partial, parallel, and full depths, using 100-125% of body weight as resistance. Electromyographic (EMG) surface electrodes were placed on the vastus medialis (VMO), the vastus lateralis, (VL), the bi...

[Purpose] This study compared the activity of the quadriceps femoris muscle according to the angle of ankle abduction during a lunge exercise. [Subjects and Methods] Fifteen male healthy volunteers participated in the study. All participants performed the lunge exercise with different angles of ankle abduction (0°, 20°, 40°, 60°). The activity of the rectus femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL) a...

سابقه و هدف: امروزه با گسترش فعالیت واحدهای صنعتی، غلظت آلاینده­ ها در هوا افزایش یافته انسان­ از طریق تنفس، بلعیدن جذب پوستی معرض آن­ها قرار می­ گیرند. میان تمام آلاینده ­ها، فلزات سنگین به دلیل ماهیت سمی خود بسیار مورد توجه متخصصان زیست ­محیطی گرفته ­اند. بالای محیط ­زیست، می ­تواند خطر اثرات نامطلوب بر سلامتی انسان را دهد. شهرک صنعتی ناجی زنجان ریخته ­گری مس آلیاژهای آن، ­عنوان یکی منابع انت...

Objective: To identify integrated EMG (I-EMG) activity of 6 lower-extremity muscles during the 8 Star Excursion Balance Tests (SEBTs). Design and Setting: Repeated measures, laboratory setting. Subjects: 10 healthy young adults. Interventions: The SEBTs require the subject to balance on the stance leg and maximally reach with the contralateral foot along each of 8 lines extending from a common ...

Background Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is one of the most common causes anterior knee seen in adolescents and adults under age 60 yr. The same quadriceps exercise as forward lunge important treatment PFPS, selective strengthening vastus medialis oblique muscle (VMO) also required. Purpose purpose this study was to compare whether with hip adduction (ADD) neutral position (NEU) affected ...

BACKGROUND The use of surface electromyography (SEMG) has been considered a tool for quantitative assessment of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). Conservative treatments aim to improve patellar alignment, and electrical stimulation of the vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) muscle has been considered effective because it is selective and does not cause joint irritation. OBJECTIVE This study aim...

As an explicit organizing metaphor, memory aid, and conceptual framework, the prefrontal cortex may be viewed as a five-member 'Executive Committee,' as the prefrontal-control extensions of five sub-and-posterior-cortical systems: (1) the 'Perceiver' (dominant-right-hemisphere ventral-lateral prefrontal cortex--VL/PERC-PFC) is the frontal extension of the ventral perceptual stream (the VL/PERC ...