Quadriceps muscle performance in sitting and standing in young women with patellofemoral pain syndrome and young healthy women

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-241

  Thomee R ^a   Grimby, G ^a   Svantesson, U ^a   Osterberg U ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Force plate; Inhibition; Knee torque; Quadriceps

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PAIN; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNDROME; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PATELLA; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNDROME; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0030203594     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1996.tb00097.x     Document Type: Article

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