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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

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01-08-2009 | Knee

High intensity running results in an impaired neuromuscular response in ACL reconstructed individuals

Authors: Kostas Patras, Giorgos Ziogas, Stavros Ristanis, Elias Tsepis, Nicholas Stergiou, Anastasios D. Georgoulis

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 8/2009

Abstract

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction reestablishes electromyographic activity during moderate activities such as walking but is unclear if this is also the case in sports activities such as high intensity running that results in accumulation of metabolic fatigue. Nine bone-patella tendon-bone ACL reconstructed athletes were evaluated 19.2 (5.7) months post-operatively using a telemetric electromyographic system. The neuromuscular response of vastus lateralis and biceps femoris muscles was tested bilaterally on separate occasions during 10 min running at moderate intensity (20% below the lactate threshold) and 10 min running at high intensity (40% above the lactate threshold). During moderate intensity running, electromyographic activity did not change for either leg. During high intensity running, electromyographic activity did not change for the vastus lateralis of the ACL reconstructed leg [267.8 (142.8)–263.8 (128.9) μV, P > 0.05] while it increased significantly [294.2 (120.6)–317.1 (140.5) μV, P = 0.03] for the vastus lateralis of the intact leg. High intensity exercise that is associated with accumulation of metabolic fatigue, results in an impaired neuromuscular response for the vastus lateralis muscle of the ACL reconstructed leg.

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Title: High intensity running results in an impaired neuromuscular response in ACL reconstructed individuals
Authors: Kostas Patras
Giorgos Ziogas
Stavros Ristanis
Elias Tsepis
Nicholas Stergiou
Anastasios D. Georgoulis
Publication date: 01-08-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 8/2009
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-009-0822-0

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