Self-reported giving-way episode during a stepping-down task: Case report of a subject with an ACL-deficient knee

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 273-282

  Houck, Jeff ^a   Lerner, Amy ^b   Gushue, David ^b   Yack, H John ^c  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Kinematics; Knee instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE;

EID: 0038448065     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2003.33.5.273     Document Type: Article

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