An investigation into the effects of muscle energy techniques on the proprioceptive acuity of the knee joint.
Item
- Title
- An investigation into the effects of muscle energy techniques on the proprioceptive acuity of the knee joint.
- Author(s)
- Hayward Daniel
- Abstract
- An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) on the proprioceptive acuity of the knee joint. This was measured by the subject's ability to reproduce target angles of knee flexion whilst sitting blindfolded in a specially adapted chair both before and after exposure to two types of MET. Four groups enabled a comparison between the control, active concentric knee extension with resistance from the experimenter, active resisted isometric contraction followed by passive quadriceps stretch both for subjects with and without sports injury to the knee. It was predicted that METs would affect the proprioception of the knee of the non-injured subjects. It was also predicted that METs would improve the proprioceptive acuity in those subjects with a history of injury due to fascial contracture affecting the quality of the afferent feedback from the joint. The results did not support previous research and showed no overall differences between groups. However, trends in the data showed that subjects tended to overshoot the first target angle, one of greater flexion, after experimental exposure. Possible reasons for this are addressed in the discussion. The study concludes that METs when taken out of the context of osteopathic treatment as a whole may overlook their true value.
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 1999
- Date Submitted
- 11.8.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12244
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Knee,Proprioception,Muscle Energy Technique
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Hayward Daniel, “An investigation into the effects of muscle energy techniques on the proprioceptive acuity of the knee joint.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 6, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1453