Study | Task | EMG variable | Muscles | EMG outcome of interest for ACLR vs. intact/control leg | ES |
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Arumugam & Hager, 2022 [6] | Single-leg forward-hop + unanticipated single-leg diagonal-hop | Normalized peak EMG amplitude | BF, ST, VL, VM | No diff in EMG activity (as Q/H ratio) | n/a |
Zebis et al., 2017 [109] | Side-cutting hop | Normalized EMG amplitude | BF, SM, VL | ↓ EMG activity for ST (pre-impact) | n/a |
Briem et al., 2016 [10] | Cross-over triple hop | Normalized (%MVC) EMG amplitude | BF, ST | ↓ EMG activity for BF/ ↑ EMG activity for ST | n/a |
Coats-Thomas et al., 2013 [26] | Single-leg forward-hop + unanticipated diagonal cut | Normalized EMG amplitude | RF, VM, BF, ST, GM, GL | Delayed peak EMG timing for RF, VM, BF, GM | RF:1.45 (M)-0.48 (F), VM:1.48 (M)-0.56 (F), BF:1.91 (M)-0.39 (F), GM:1.28 (M)-0.85 (F) |
Ortiz et al., 2011 [82] | Cross-over hop | Normalized EMG amplitude | GMAX, RF, BF, ST | No difference in EMG activity | n/a |