Knee angle and force vector-dependent variations in open and closed kinetic chain for M. popliteus activation

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-224

  Stensdotter, Ann Katrin ^a,c   Dalén, Tore ^b   Holmgren, Christer ^b   Häger Ross, Charlotte ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Knee; Motor control; Muscle activity; Task specific

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLOSED KINEMATIC CHAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN KINEMATIC CHAIN; POPLITEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPONSE TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ALGORITHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; KINETICS; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849166146     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20491     Document Type: Article

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