Medial and lateral quadriceps muscle activity during weight-bearing knee extension exercise

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 248-257

  Willett, Gilbert M ^a,b   Paladino, Jason B ^a   Barr, Kory M ^a   Korta, Jill N ^a   Karst, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed kinetic chain; Electromyography; Quadriceps ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031735918     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.7.4.248     Document Type: Article

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