Possible mechanism of quadriceps femoris weakness in patients with ruptured anterior cruciate ligament

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1414-1418

  Konishi, Yu ^a   Fukubayashi, Toru ^a   Takeshita, Daisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACL injury; EMG; Reflex inhibition; Vibration stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOGENESIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036714465     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200209000-00003     Document Type: Article

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