The clinical significance of electromyography normalisation techniques in subjects with anterior cruciate ligament injury during treadmill walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 56-63

  Benoit, D L ^a,b,e   Lamontagne, M ^c   Cerulli, G ^b,d   Liti, A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Let People Move Biomech Laboratory   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Electromyography; Knee; Normalisation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE; TREADMILL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

EID: 0344515569     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00194-7     Document Type: Article

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