Muscle reflexes during gait elicited by electrical stimulation of the posterior cruciate ligament in humans

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 433-438

  Fischer Rasmussen, T ^a   Krogsgaard, M R ^a   Jensen, D B ^b   Dyhre Poulsen, P ^c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gait; Mechanoreceptors; Muscle reflex; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; STAINLESS STEEL; ULTRASONICS;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

ORTHOPEDICS;

POLITEF; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; THIGH; TREADMILL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; REFLEX;

EID: 0036234022     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(01)00127-9     Document Type: Article

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