Muscle Preactivity of Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Deficient and -Reconstructed Females during Functional Activities

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  DeMont, Richard G ^a,b   Lephart, Scott M ^a   Giraldo, Jorge L ^a   Swanik, C Buz ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation; Closed kinetic chain; Muscle; Preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000219924     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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