Motor unit syncronization is reduced in anterior knee pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 550-558

  Mellor, Rebecca ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor unit; Patellofemoral pain; Synchronization; Vasti muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; PAIN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTHRALGIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; INNERVATION; KNEE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATELLA; THIGH;

EID: 23444454136     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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