A leg exercising with a knee replacement showing EMG values

Revealing Knee Replacement Exercises to Solve Muscles that Struggle

Revealing Knee Replacement Exercises to Solve Muscles that Struggle Stop guessing, your knee replacement exercises may be missing a muscle! Using a rigorous EMG analysis, we uncover the muscle compensation patterns actually happening after a total knee replacement. Case studies reveal that your hamstrings and overlooked inner quad (Vastus Medialis) are likely overworking during standard knee replacement exercises like squats, signaling hidden weakness and instability. […]

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How to Design a Weight Training Routine: A Practical Guide

Learning how to design a weight training routine that actually works comes down to six decisions: exercise selection, exercise order, warm-up, intensity, rep ranges, and scheduling. Get these right, and your results will follow. This guide, built from 30 years of applied exercise science and in the trenches experience, walks you through each one with specific, evidence-based recommendations so you can stop guessing and start […]

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Performing a preacher curl with EMG sensors on the long head of the biceps and brachioradialis

Best Biceps Exercises for Long and Short Head Development and Strength: An EMG Study

Best Biceps Exercises for Long and Short Head Development and Strength: An EMG Study By Mike Croskery, M.Sc. HK (Biomechanics) – Clinical Exercise Physiologist Introduction Everyone wants to have bigger, more shapely, and stronger arms, but choosing the most effective biceps exercises can be tough to separate myth from fact. Does the incline curl really target the long head (biceps peak), is the hammer curl […]

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Drop Jump Test for ACL Recovery: The 30cm Difference

Drop Jump Test for ACL Recovery: The 30cm Difference Article Summary: This study revealed greater limb asymmetry in an anterior cruciate ligament repair (ACLR) athlete while performing a single-leg drop jump test for ACL recovery at 30 cm heights, emphasizing the potential value of proper drop heights for Return to Play assessments (RTP). Differences in Reactive Strength Ratio (RSR), jump height, and pelvis kinematics suggest […]

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How to Assess and Train Neuromuscular Performance for Hockey

Read about the benefits and use of EMG and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to help assess neuromuscular performance in hockey during the acceleration phase of a maximal on-ice sprint. Click on the link below to read more on this topic as featured on Simplifaster.com Assessing Neuromuscular Performance for Acceleration in Hockey

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