Gender comparison of knee strength recovery following ACL reconstruction with contralateral patellar tendon graft

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 323-328

  Zink, Ezekias J ^a   Trumper, Rocci V ^b   Smidt, Chad R ^b   Rice, Erika L ^b   Reiser II, Raoul F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Center of the Rockies   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Anterior Cruciate Ligament; Gender; Hamstring Quadriceps Ratio; Isokinetic; Knee; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; KINETIC THEORY; LIGAMENTS; SURGERY; GRAFTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL) INJURY; KNEE FLEXION; KNEE STRENGTH RECOVERY; PATELLAR TENDONS; ACL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; GENDER; HAMSTRING-QUADRICEPS RATIO; ISOKINETIC; KNEE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATELLA TENDON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17044434217     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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