‘Calf strain’ is the common terminology runners use when describing a calf muscle ‘tear’. I’m quite happy with the phrase ‘calf strain’ as the term ‘muscle tear’ can be threatening to athletes and runners. For a runner to perceive they have a ‘tear’ may result in the runner ...
Performance is a relative term, as the performance ceiling for a 75 year old recovering from a knee replacement is vastly different than that of a college basketball player recovering from an ACL rupture and patellar tendon autograft. Either way, they are both knee injuries and the principles re...
It’s come about after I’ve heard lots of people being advised not to bother with side-lying exercises for glutes because they “aren’t functional”. Several well-meaning websites even describe them as harmful and more likely to cause “regression” than rehab. I say in my home page fo...
Moreover, walking speed affects the strain on the AFO [21] and as demonstrated by a conceptual hip torque-driven model also influences the optimal AFO stiffness for energy cost minimization [18]. However, how muscle pathophysiology, body mass, walking speed and the optimal stiffness for energy ...
In summary, the selection of an MSK model should align with the specific objectives of the gait analysis. Gait2392 emerges as a suitable option for studies involving healthy young adults, whereas LLLM and Rajagopal models offer superior accuracy in estimating hip and knee JRFs, respectively. For...
(Nike, Inc.) were used to detect foot strike and toe-off. Strain gauges assembled in a full Wheatstone bridge were calibrated and mounted to the end effectors to measure applied torque about the ankle joint for feedback control. An identical set of the exoskeleton footwear (Nike, Inc.) ...