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Warming-up before sporting activity improves knee position sense.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20673856     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of a warm-up program on knee joint position sense in karatekas.
DESIGN: Repeated measures design.
SETTING: Research laboratory.
PARTICIPANTS: Ten young amateur karatekas (17.6 +/- 4.0 years of age).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Knee joint position sense evaluated before and immediately after a warm-up program through active repositioning in open kinetic chain (OKC) and closed kinetic chain (CKC).
RESULTS: At baseline testing no differences were observed between OKC and CKC in absolute (4.1 +/- 1.6 degrees vs. 3.4 +/- 2.0 degrees) and relative angular errors (2.4 +/- 3.4 degrees vs. 2.1 +/- 3.5 degrees). After the warm-up program, a significant decrease in absolute angular error was observed only in CKC (from 3.4 +/- 2.0 degrees to 1.8 +/- 0.5, p < 0.05). Additionally, in CKC the subjects reduced the relative angular error to approximately zero (from 2.1 +/- 3.5 degrees to -0.01 +/- 1.6 degrees) and decreased the variability of the responses, expressed by the decrease in standard deviation of the relative errors.
CONCLUSIONS: The warm-up program enhanced knee joint position sense only in CKC. Since no effects were detected in OKC, the evaluation of the effects of warm-up on knee joint position sense using merely an OKC technique would underestimate the valuable role of warm-up.
Authors:
Tiago Magalhães; Fernando Ribeiro; Ana Pinheiro; José Oliveira
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-07-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1873-1600     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys Ther Sport     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-02     Completed Date:  2010-12-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100940513     Medline TA:  Phys Ther Sport     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  86-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Polytechnic Health Institute of the North, Vale do Sousa Higher School of Health, Department of Physiotherapy, R. Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra PRD, Portugal. tiago.magalhaes86@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Exercise*
Humans
Knee Joint / physiology*
Martial Arts / physiology
Proprioception / physiology
Young Adult

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