The effect of patella taping on vastus medialis oblique and vastus laterialis EMG activity and knee kinematic variables during stair descent

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 604-607

  Herrington, Lee ^a   Malloy, Sharon ^a,b,c,d   Richards, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Backsolve   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BackSolve Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Knee angular velocity and displacement; Patella taping; VMO EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE PAIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BANDAGES; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 25144472600     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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