Sex comparison of extensibility, passive, and active stiffness of the knee flexors

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-43

  Blackburn, J Troy ^a,b   Riemann, Bryan L ^c   Padua, Darin A ^a,b   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Extensibility; Flexibility; Muscle stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STIFFNESS;

PASSIVE KNEE EXTENSION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0344083455     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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