Type of Article : Review

Year: 2014 | Volume 2 | Issue 6 | Page No. 766-771

Date of Publication: 23-11-2014

DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2014.689

FORCE COUPLE MECHANICS ON FEMUR DURING CLOSED KINETIC CHAIN ACTIVITIES OF LOWER LIMBS  

R. Vinodh Rajkumar.  

Founder: PALEOLITHICX, Physiotherapist & Functional Fitness Training Instructor (Freelance), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Corresponding author: R. Vinodh Rajkumar, # 638, 1st Floor, Jakkuramma Building, Behind Eswara Temple, 1st Cross, 1st Main, Mathikere, Bangalore-560054, Karnataka, India. Mobile: +919008424632
E-Mail: dreamofkalam@rediffmail.com

Abstract:

Exploration of the biomechanical interaction of musculoskeletal system keeps endorsing the fact that the human body can ensure efficient biomechanics without any kinematic aberrations in the joints. Excluding the injuries caused by unexpected collisions, the major potential factors that ruin the protective configuration of musculoskeletal system can be lack of exercise and incorrect exercise. A fresh perspective; ‘force couple mechanics (FCM) on femur’ (torque on femur by two muscular forces in opposite directions at two different locations), has been discussed in this article using fundamental information on anatomical linkages of muscles & correlation of various scientific reports, finally expected to stimulate electromyographic studies to dig out further scientific data.
KEYWORDS: Force couple mechanics on femur, Gluteus maximus, Vasti.

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