Females recruit quadriceps faster than males at multiple knee flexion angles following a weight-bearing rotary perturbation

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-171

  Carcia, Christopher R ^a   Shultz, Sandra J ^b   Granata, Kevin P ^c   Perrin, David H ^b   Martin, RobRoy L ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee angle; Perturbation; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 18744408799     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000164042.76540.e5     Document Type: Article

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