Gholamreza Pahnabi

Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - The duration effects of lumbar extensor muscle fatigue on postural control in soccer players

Background: The ability to maintain body position in space is called postural control. Muscular fatigue created after doing voluntary repeated contractions impairs postural control. Thus, the present study was conducted to compare the effects of fatigue of the lumbar extensor muscles and duration of these effects on postural sway between soccer player and non-athlete participants.  &nbs...

[ 2 ] - Comparison of the postural control between football players fol-lowing ACL reconstruction and healthy subjects

  Background :Rupture of the Anterior Cruciate Ligment (ACL) is a common knee injury. The purpose of this study was to determine the balance control in football players with and without ACL reconstruction in posture of injury.   Methods : Sway of the center of gravity of 15 patients with ACL reconstruction was compared with 15 healthy, age and sex-matched subjects as the control group. All test...