The effect of insufficient quadriceps strength on gait after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-63

  Lewek, Michael ^a   Rudolph, Katherine ^a   Axe, Michael ^a,b   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b First State Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Gait; Knee; Quadriceps; Quadriceps avoidance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AUTOGRAFT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOGGING; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036157045     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(01)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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