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Sex differences in muscle morphology of the knee flexors and knee extensors

INTRODUCTION: Females experience higher risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries; males experience higher risk of hamstring strain injuries. Differences in injury may be partially due to sex differences in knee flexor (KF) to knee extensor (KE) muscle size ratio and the proportional size of...

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Autores principales: Behan, Fearghal P., Maden-Wilkinson, Thomas M., Pain, Matt T. G., Folland, Jonathan P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29360834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190903