Quadriceps force generation in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and asymptomatic participants during patellar tendon reflex reactions: An exploratory cross-sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dixon, John ^a   Howe, Tracey E ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PATELLA TENDON; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON REFLEX;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; TENDONS;

EID: 25444452408     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-46     Document Type: Article

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