New insights into the function of the vastus medialis with clinical implications

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1153-1159

  Toumi, Hechmi ^a,b   Poumarat, Georges ^b   Benjamin, Mike ^a   Best, Thomas ^c   F'Guyer, Slim ^d   Fairclough, John ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; EMG; Knee; Patellofemoral; Quadriceps; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COORDINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOMETRICS; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE INSTABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINE; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34347348250     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0b013e31804ec08d     Document Type: Article

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