Joint stability

Joint stability

Joint stability refers to the resistance offered by various musculoskeletal tissues that surround a skeletal joint. Several subsystems ensure the stability of a joint. These are the passive, active and neural subsystems. [cite journal | author = Panjabi MM. | title = The stabilizing system of the spine. Part II. Neutral zone and instability hypothesis. | journal = J Spinal Disord | volume = 5 | issue = 4 | pages = 390–7 | year = 1992] The opposite of stability is instability. It is believed that one or more of the subsystems must have failed if joint instability occurs.

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