The effects of functional knee bracing on muscle function and performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Styf, J ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ATHLETE; BRACE; COMPRESSION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OXYGEN TENSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032834305     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199928020-00002     Document Type: Review

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