A panel of five clinicians developed criteria to rate the performance of a single-leg squat task, and rated the performance of 34 asymptomatic participants. The participants rated as good performers had significantly earlier onset timing of anterior and posterior gluteus medius electromyographic activity than those who were rated as poor performers.
The good performers also had greater hip abduction torque and trunk side flexion force. There were no differences in hip external rotation torque between the two groups.
Read the abstract about the single-leg squat task.
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