Gait patterns after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-21

  Bulgheroni, P ^a   Bulgheroni, M V ^a   Andrini, L ^a   Guffanti, P ^a   Giughello, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D kinematics; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Electromyography; Gait analysis; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KINETICS; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KINETICS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030629656     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670050018     Document Type: Article

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