Hamstring weakness as an indicator of poor knee function in ACL-deficient patients

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-29

  Tsepis, E ^a,b   Vagenas, G ^b   Giakas, G ^a   Georgoulis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Compensators; Insufficiency; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOCCER; TORQUE;

EID: 4043155471     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0377-4     Document Type: Article

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