O mito da ativação seletiva do músculo vasto medial

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the vastus medialis in respect to the lateralis during the execution of an exercise. Several techniques have been used along the years in the attempt of reaching a decrease in the difference of force among those two components of the quadriceps. In this study were revised 26 papers published between 1955 and 2001 that approached two main theories of selective activation of the vastus medialis: the activation during the last degrees of extension of the knee and the selective activation through the combination of movements. After this bibliographical revision, it is concluded that the available scientific evidence do not support the notion of selective activation of the vastus medialis at the end of the extension. Regarding the use of the combination of exercises, a great consensus lack exists among the authors, with the great diversity of methodologies hindering a definitive conclusion.