Relationship between the EMG ratio of muscle activation and bony structure in osteoarthritic knee patients with and without patellar malalignment

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Wu, Shu Hsia ^a   Chu, Ngok Kiu ^b   Liu, Yiu Chung ^b   Chen, Chih Kuang ^b   Tang, Simon F T ^b   Cheng, Cheng Kung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bony structure; Electromyography; Osteoarthritic knee; Patellar malalignment; Sulcus angle; Vastus lateralis; Vastus medialis oblique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 43449107972     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0178     Document Type: Article

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