Effects of injury and reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament on proprioception and neuromuscular control

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 304-321

  Safran, Marc R ^a,b   Harner, Christopher D ^c   Giraldo, Jorge L ^d   Lephart, Scott M ^d   Borsa, Paul A ^e   Fu, Freddie H ^c  

^a Dept Orthoped Surg Kaiser P ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; Ligament; PCL injury; PCL reconstruction; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0032743981     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.8.4.304     Document Type: Article

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