The action of the rectus femoris muscle following distal tendon transfer: Does it generate knee flexion moment?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Riewald, Scott A ^a   Delp, Scott L ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 0031047098     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07391.x     Document Type: Article

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