The effect of a single treatment of the Protonics™ system on biceps femoris and gluteus medius activation during gait and the lateral step up exercise

Gait and Posture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-153

  McCrory, Jean L ^a,b   Quick, Nancy E ^a,c   Shapiro, Robert ^a   Ballantyne, Bryon T ^d   Davis, Irene McClay ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Joyner Sportsmedicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic knee orthosis; Knee; Patellofemoral pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC KNEE ORTHOSIS; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE PAIN; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 1542328206     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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