Corticomotor excitability associated with unilateral knee dysfunction secondary to anterior cruciate ligament injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 823-833

  Héroux, Martin E ^a   Tremblay, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knee; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; Quadriceps; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33750176579     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0063-4     Document Type: Article

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