Knee instability after acute ACL rupture affects movement patterns during the mid-stance phase of gait

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1369-1377

  Hurd, Wendy J ^a   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Gait; Knee; Neuromuscular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUPTURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34948855372     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20440     Document Type: Article

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