Altered quadriceps control in people with anterior cruciate ligament deficiency

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1089-1097

  Williams, Glenn N ^a   Barrance, Peter J ^a   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; EMG; Instability; Neuromuscular control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATIC EXERCISE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DELAWARE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THIGH;

EID: 3042852111     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000131959.20666.11     Document Type: Article

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