Cruciate ligament forces in the human knee during rehabilitation exercises

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 176-187

  Toutoungi, D E ^a   Lu, T W ^d   Leardini, A ^c   Catani, F ^c   O'Connor, J J ^b  

^a Cambridge Consultants Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cruciate ligament forces; Geometrical models; Isokinetics; Isometrics; Rehabilitation; Squats

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SAFETY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SAFETY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033971430     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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