Does the brake response time of the right leg change after left total knee arthroplasty? A prospective study

Knee

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-298

  Marques, Carlos J ^a,b   Barreiros, João ^a,b   Cabri, Jan ^a,b   Carita, Ana I ^a,b   Friesecke, Christian ^a,b   Loehr, Jochen F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b ENDO Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Brake response time; Movement time; Reaction time; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; BRAKE RESPONSE TIME; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849137110     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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