Quadriceps muscles activation in anterior knee pain during isokinetic exercise

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 469-478

  Cesarelli, Mario ^a   Bifulco, Paolo ^a   Bracale, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; EMG; Isokinetic

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032701777     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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