Decrease in anterior knee laxity by electrical stimulation of normal and reconstructed anterior cruciate ligaments

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-483

  Iwasa, J ^a   Ochi, M ^b   Uchio, Y ^a   Adachi, N ^b   Kawasaki, K ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, STRETCH; TIBIA;

EID: 33646200079     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B4.17186     Document Type: Article

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