The effect of knee brace on coordination and neuronal leg muscle control: An early postoperative functional study in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed patients

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 272-281

  Rebel, M ^a,b   Paessler, H H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Brace; Electromyography; Proprioception; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0035464288     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670100202     Document Type: Article

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