Neuromuscular and architectural alterations of the vastus lateralis muscle in elderly patients with unilateral knee osteoarthritis;Altérations architecturales et neuromusculaires du muscle vastus lateralis chez des patients âgés atteints de gonarthrose unilatérale

Annales de Readaptation et de Medecine Physique

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Mairet, S ^a   Maisetti O ^a,b   Rolland, E ^c   Portero, P ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Knee osteoarthritis; Muscle architecture; Muscle weakness; Neuromuscular efficiency; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSOR; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; POSITION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THICKNESS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 37849020435     PISSN: 01686054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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