The measurement of muscle stiffness in anterior cruciate injuries - An experiment revisited

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-140

  Jennings, Andrew G ^a,b   Seedhom, Bahaa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament injury; Muscle stiffness; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032029110     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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