Muscle torques of lower leg rotators in untrained subjects

• Authors: Mariusz Hrycyna , Jacek Zieliński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To determine the relationships between muscle torques of lower leg rotators and rotation angle, and angular position at the knee joint.Material and methods: A group of 171 untrained male subjects aged 19 - 25 years were studied. A specially designed measuring set was used. Muscle torques were determined at -30, 0 and 45° of lower leg rotation, angular positions at the knee joint being 30 or 90°.Results: Rotation angle and angular position at the knee joint, as well as the declared laterality, significantly affected muscle torques of lower leg rotators. Highest muscle torques amounted to 55.2 ± 5.6 Nm (lower leg pronation) and 42.6 ± 7.4 Nm (lower leg supination).Conclusions: The results may contribute to a deeper evaluation of human locomotor apparatus and to reduce the destructive forces acting on the knee joint in athletes and to improve monitoring the functions of reconstructed knee joint in rehabilitees.

Keywords

EN

Muscle torques; Knee joint; Rotation

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 78-81

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

17 - 8 - 2011

Contributors

author

Mariusz Hrycyna

• The Halina Konopacka University of Physical Education and Tourism, Pruszków

author

Jacek Zieliński

• University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-011-0017-2