Synergy of medial and lateral hamstrings at three positions of tibial rotation during maximum isometric knee flexion

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-281

  Mohamed, Olfat ^a   Perry, Jacquelin ^b,c   Hislop, Helen ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; EMG; Hamstring muscles; Hamstrings; Manual muscle testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

ADULT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 0042168858     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00140-0     Document Type: Article

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