A Non-Weight Bearing Method for Measuring Hip Abduction Strength Overestimates Hip Abductor Muscle Fatigue During One-Leg Stance.

ABSTRACT: OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSAssessing workers' strength capacities is a common practice prior to return to work following injury or illness, or assessing capabilities for strenuous jobs. Because it requires 50% or more of maximum strength capacity, hip abductor muscle strength is a strong predictor of both middle- and older-aged individuals' ability to reliably balance on one leg and of their risk of falls. Our results suggest subjects were able to augment their hip abductor moment during unipedal weight stance via gluteus maximus activity. Weight-bearing hip abduction strength measures are important for assessing worker capacity for jobs requiring reliable unipedal balance whether during lateral loading, while walking in gusty winds, on slippery footing or resisting lateral deck movem

SUBMITTER: Mirshams Shahshahani P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11965436 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature