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Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 47 healthy male athletes without knee injuries aged 23.48 \u00b1 3.54 years. The variables included the degree of knee hypermobility, isokinetic parameters of the leg musculature, and anthropometric indices. Differences between athletes with and without hyperextension were calculated using an independent sample t-test, effect sizes, and discriminant analysis, while associations between the variables were checked by Pearson\u2019s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Results: Athletes with hyperextended knees had shorter legs (t value = \u22122.23, p = 0.03, moderate ES) and shins (t = \u22122.64, p = 0.01, moderate ES) and a lower H\/Q ratio at an angular velocity of 60\u00b0\/s (t = \u22122.11, p = 0.04, moderate ES) than those in the nonhyperextended group did; these differences were supported by discriminant analysis (Wilks\u2019 L = 0.60, p = 0.01). An increase in the H\/Q ratio at an angular velocity of 60\u00b0\/s was associated with the degree of knee hypermobility (R = \u22120.29, p = 0.04). Conclusions: This research showed that athletes with knee hypermobility have weaker hamstring strength and thus a lower H\/Q strength ratio at lower angular velocities. These findings suggest that targeted strength training programs for leg (i.e., hamstrings) muscles should help individuals with knee hypermobility.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60030367","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,22]],"date-time":"2024-02-22T03:30:26Z","timestamp":1708572626000},"page":"367","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Isokinetic Knee Muscle Strength Parameters and Anthropometric Indices in Athletes with and without Hyperextended Knees"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Sasa","family":"Bascevan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic Patella, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8868-7315","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara","family":"Gilic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia"},{"name":"High Performance Sport Center, Croatian Olympic Committee, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6922-1133","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mirela","family":"Sunda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marijana Geets","family":"Kesic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2395-3720","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Petra","family":"Zaletel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1002\/ajmg.c.31432","article-title":"Generalized joint hypermobility, joint hypermobility syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility type","volume":"169","author":"Castori","year":"2015","journal-title":"Am. 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