Restoration of anterior cruciate ligament-hamstring reflex arc after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Tsuda, Eiichi ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Okamura, Yoshihisa ^a   Toh, Satoshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Hamstring; Proprioception; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE; PATELLA TENDON; REFLEX ARC; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFLEX;

EID: 0037810638     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-002-0338-3     Document Type: Article

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