The Protonics Knee Brace Unloads the Quadriceps Muscles in Healthy Subjects

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Earl, Jennifer E ^a   Piazza, Stephen J ^b   Hertel, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; Patellofemoral pain; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CALCULATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LABORATORY; LEG; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECORDING; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 1842731241     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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