Neuromuscular Consequences of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-404

  Ingersoll, Christopher D ^a   Grindstaff, Terry L ^a   Pietrosimone, Brian G ^a   Hart, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GAIT; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 44149089091     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.03.004     Document Type: Review

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