Baropodometric quantification and implications of muscle coactivation in the lower limbs caused by head movement: A prospective study.

Background: In healthy young adults, muscle coactivation can sometimes be induced by remote voluntary contractions when the motor task is forceful, maximal, tiring, or cyclic and brief.

Objectives: To show that a change in plantar pressure is an unequivocal response to backward movement of the head, and to contribute to a better understanding of physiotherapy methods that involve remote muscle activation.

Methods: Involuntary coactivation was quantified as a percentage of the anteroposterior plantar pressure distribution, using a baropodometric platform in a population of young adults.

Lasting relief of chronic anterior knee pain in young adult after ten weekly inductive physiotherapy sessions: A case report.

Background: Patellofemoral pain syndrome particularly impairs quality of life in young, physically active subjects. The exact etiology remains unknown, and so this syndrome is a challenging condition to treat. Some patients continue to experience pain and dysfunction after receiving one or more guidelines-compliant conservative treatments.