Open AccessAre Anterior Cruciate Ligament–reconstructed Athletes More Vulnerable to Fatigue than Uninjured Athletes?
Author(s) -
Annemie Smeets,
Jos Vanrenterghem,
Filip Staes,
Hilde Vandenneucker,
Steven Claes,
Sabine Verschueren
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002143
Subject(s) - vastus medialis , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , athletes , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , ankle , anterior cruciate ligament , kinematics , biomechanics , physical therapy , electromyography , anatomy , physics , classical mechanics
Fatigue has a negative impact on lower extremity neuromuscular and biomechanical control. Because anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) athletes show already neuromuscular/biomechanical deficits in an unfatigued state, the negative impact of fatigue may magnify these deficits or help expose other deficits. So far, this has only scarcely been assessed warranting further research.