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The aim of the present study was to quantify the effect of an off-the-shelf functional knee brace on muscle contributions to knee joint rotational stiffness in ACL-deficient and ACL-reconstructed patients. Kinematic, electromyography, and kinetic data were incorporated into an electromyography-driven model of the lower extremity to calculate individual and total muscle contributions to knee joint rotational stiffness about the flexion\u2013extension axis, for 4 independent variables: leg condition (contralateral uninjured, unbraced ACL injured, and braced ACL injured); knee flexion (5\u00b0\u201310\u00b0, 20\u00b0\u201325\u00b0, and 30\u00b0\u201335\u00b0); squat stability condition (stable and unstable); and injury status (ACL deficient and ACL reconstructed). Participants had significantly higher (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.05, <jats:italic>\u03b7<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u2009.018) total knee joint rotational stiffness values while wearing the brace compared with the control leg. A 2-way interaction effect between stability and knee flexion (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.05, <jats:italic>\u03b7<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u2009.040) for total joint rotational stiffness was also found.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/jab.2018-0227","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,19]],"date-time":"2019-09-19T18:41:55Z","timestamp":1568918515000},"page":"344-352","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Effect of Functional Knee Braces on Muscular Contributions to Joint Rotational Stiffness in Anterior Cruciate Ligament\u2013Deficient and \u2013Reconstructed Patients"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Aaron","family":"Derouin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Queen\u2019s University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jim R.","family":"Potvin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2McMaster 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