Therapeutic patellar taping changes the timing of vasti muscle activation in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 339-347

  Cowan, Sallie M ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; McConnell taping; Vastus medialis obliquus

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOTICS; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRALGIA; BANDAGES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036863510     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200211000-00004     Document Type: Article

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