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Chaves SF, Marques NP, Silva RL, et al. Neuromuscular efficiency of the vastus medialis obliquus and postural balance in professional soccer athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2012;2(2):121-6
Chaves, S. F., Marques, N. P., Silva, R. L., Rebouças, N. S., de Freitas, L. M., de Paula Lima, P. O., & de Oliveira, R. R. (2012). Neuromuscular efficiency of the vastus medialis obliquus and postural balance in professional soccer athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal, 2(2), 121-6.
Chaves, Shalimá Figueirêdo, et al. "Neuromuscular efficiency of the vastus medialis obliquus and postural balance in professional soccer athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction." Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal vol. 2,2 (2012): 121-6.
Chaves SF, Marques NP, Silva RL, Rebouças NS, de Freitas LM, de Paula Lima PO, de Oliveira RR. Neuromuscular efficiency of the vastus medialis obliquus and postural balance in professional soccer athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2012 Sep 10;2(2):121-6. Print 2012 Apr. PMID: 23738285; PMCID: PMC3666503.
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Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2012 Sep 10;2(2):121-6. Print 2012 Apr.

Neuromuscular efficiency of the vastus medialis obliquus and postural balance in professional soccer athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal

Shalimá Figueirêdo Chaves, Natália Pereira Marques, Rômulo Lemos E Silva, Nahra Santos Rebouças, Luise Monteiro de Freitas, Pedro Olavo de Paula Lima, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Oliveira

Affiliations

  1. League of Sports Physical Therapy, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.

PMID: 23738285 PMCID: PMC3666503

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the neuromuscular efficiency of the vastus medialis obliquus and postural balance in high-performance soccer athletes after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, compared to the uninvolved leg. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 22 male professional soccer players after ACL reconstruction (4-12 months postoperatively). The athletes were submitted to functional rehabilitation with an accelerated protocol on the soccer team. They were evaluated using isokinetic dynamometer, surface electromyography and electronic baropodometer. There was no decrease or difference between neuromuscular efficiency of the VMO when comparing both the limbs after ACL reconstruction in the professional soccer athletes under treatment. The same result was found in postural balance. It can be concluded that the NME of the VMO in the involved member and postural balance were successfully re-established after the reconstruction procedure of the ACL in the sample group studied.

Keywords: anterior cruciate ligament; electromyography; postural balance; soccer; torque

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